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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/builtin-report.c | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/symbol.c | 5 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c index 32626ea3e227..348bed4a2abf 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c @@ -742,6 +742,17 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused) argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, report_usage, 0); + if (symbol_conf.vmlinux_name && + access(symbol_conf.vmlinux_name, R_OK)) { + pr_err("Invalid file: %s\n", symbol_conf.vmlinux_name); + return -EINVAL; + } + if (symbol_conf.kallsyms_name && + access(symbol_conf.kallsyms_name, R_OK)) { + pr_err("Invalid file: %s\n", symbol_conf.kallsyms_name); + return -EINVAL; + } + if (report.use_stdio) use_browser = 0; else if (report.use_tui) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c index 504f2d73b7ee..48b588c6951a 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c @@ -1132,8 +1132,11 @@ static int dso__load_kcore(struct dso *dso, struct map *map, INIT_LIST_HEAD(&md.maps); fd = open(kcore_filename, O_RDONLY); - if (fd < 0) + if (fd < 0) { + pr_err("%s requires CAP_SYS_RAWIO capability to access.\n", + kcore_filename); return -EINVAL; + } /* Read new maps into temporary lists */ err = file__read_maps(fd, md.type == MAP__FUNCTION, kcore_mapfn, &md, |