From 133de940435493266acd4100b0dae8ba7eaa7c71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adrian Hunter Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 13:07:40 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] perf tools: /proc/kcore requires CAP_SYS_RAWIO message too noisy The "/proc/kcore requires CAP_SYS_RAWIO" message comes up all the time for 'perf script' if vmlinux is not found and the user isn't root, even when the kernel is not being traced and even though the message is only really relevant for annotation. Change it to pr_debug and instead put a note in the message displayed if annotation is not possible. Also, the file being accessed might not be /proc/kcore. Tools can be directed to a different location using the --kallsyms option in which case kcore is expected to be in the same directory. Adjust the message so it is not misleading in that case. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Li Zhang Cc: Sukadev Bhattiprolu Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1440065260-8802-1-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo --- tools/perf/util/annotate.c | 1 + tools/perf/util/symbol.c | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c index 8a18347..d1eece7 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c @@ -1126,6 +1126,7 @@ fallback: dso->annotate_warned = 1; pr_err("Can't annotate %s:\n\n" "No vmlinux file%s\nwas found in the path.\n\n" + "Note that annotation using /proc/kcore requires CAP_SYS_RAWIO capability.\n\n" "Please use:\n\n" " perf buildid-cache -vu vmlinux\n\n" "or:\n\n" diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c index 725640f..42e98ab 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c @@ -1138,8 +1138,8 @@ static int dso__load_kcore(struct dso *dso, struct map *map, fd = open(kcore_filename, O_RDONLY); if (fd < 0) { - pr_err("%s requires CAP_SYS_RAWIO capability to access.\n", - kcore_filename); + pr_debug("Failed to open %s. Note /proc/kcore requires CAP_SYS_RAWIO capability to access.\n", + kcore_filename); return -EINVAL; } -- 2.7.4