linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/4] perf tools: Fix one of the probe events to exclude kernel

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Date:	Tue, 12 Aug 2014 18:04:29 +0300
From:	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] perf tools: Fix one of the probe events to exclude kernel

When probing the kernel API the kernel should be excluded
otherwise the probe will fail for users with insufficient
privilege to profile the kernel.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/record.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/record.c b/tools/perf/util/record.c
index 787b882..68ad2d0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/record.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ out_delete:
 
 static bool perf_probe_api(setup_probe_fn_t fn)
 {
-	const char *try[] = {"cycles:u", "instructions:u", "cpu-clock", NULL};
+	const char *try[] = {"cycles:u", "instructions:u", "cpu-clock:u", NULL};
 	struct cpu_map *cpus;
 	int cpu, ret, i = 0;
 
-- 
1.8.3.2

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