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Now with the default for the kernel.perf_event_paranoid sysctl being 2 [1]
we need to fall back to :u, i.e. to set perf_event_attr.exclude_kernel
to 1.
Before:
[acme@jouet linux]$ perf record usleep 1
Error:
You may not have permission to collect stats.
Consider tweaking /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid,
which controls use of the performance events system by
unprivileged users (without CAP_SYS_ADMIN).
The current value is 2:
-1: Allow use of (almost) all events by all users
>= 0: Disallow raw tracepoint access by users without CAP_IOC_LOCK
>= 1: Disallow CPU event access by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN
>= 2: Disallow kernel profiling by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN
[acme@jouet linux]$
After:
[acme@jouet linux]$ perf record usleep 1
[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.016 MB perf.data (7 samples) ]
[acme@jouet linux]$ perf evlist
cycles:u
[acme@jouet linux]$ perf evlist -v
cycles:u: size: 112, { sample_period, sample_freq }: 4000, sample_type: IP|TID|TIME|PERIOD, disabled: 1, inherit: 1, exclude_kernel: 1, mmap: 1, comm: 1, freq: 1, enable_on_exec: 1, task: 1, sample_id_all: 1, exclude_guest: 1, mmap2: 1, comm_exec: 1
[acme@jouet linux]$
And if the user turns on verbose mode, an explanation will appear:
[acme@jouet linux]$ perf record -v usleep 1
Warning:
kernel.perf_event_paranoid=2, trying to fall back to excluding kernel samples
mmap size 528384B
[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
Looking at the vmlinux_path (8 entries long)
Using /lib/modules/4.6.0-rc7+/build/vmlinux for symbols
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.016 MB perf.data (7 samples) ]
[acme@jouet linux]$
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.. | ||
arch | ||
build | ||
cgroup | ||
firewire | ||
gpio | ||
hv | ||
iio | ||
include | ||
laptop/freefall | ||
lguest | ||
lib | ||
net | ||
nfsd | ||
objtool | ||
perf | ||
power | ||
scripts | ||
spi | ||
testing | ||
thermal/tmon | ||
time | ||
usb | ||
virtio | ||
vm | ||
Makefile |