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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/evsel.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 4bb89373eb52..0dccdb89572c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -271,12 +271,17 @@ struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new_idx(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int idx)
return evsel;
}
+static bool perf_event_can_profile_kernel(void)
+{
+ return geteuid() == 0 || perf_event_paranoid() == -1;
+}
+
struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new_cycles(bool precise)
{
struct perf_event_attr attr = {
.type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
.config = PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES,
- .exclude_kernel = geteuid() != 0,
+ .exclude_kernel = !perf_event_can_profile_kernel(),
};
struct perf_evsel *evsel;