linux-kernel - [PATCH 10/41] perf tools: Fix CLOEXEC probe for perf_event

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Message-Id: <1407970107-24540-11-git-send-email-acme@kernel.org>
Date:	Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:47:56 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	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>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 10/41] perf tools: Fix CLOEXEC probe for perf_event_paranoid == 2

From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>

With /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid set to 2, the probe of
PERF_FLAG_FD_CLOEXEC would fail.  Fix by excluding kernel profiling from
the probe event.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1407855871-15024-2-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/cloexec.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cloexec.c b/tools/perf/util/cloexec.c
index 5073c01af618..000047cb3fee 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cloexec.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cloexec.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ static int perf_flag_probe(void)
 	struct perf_event_attr attr = {
 		.type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE,
 		.config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK,
+		.exclude_kernel = 1,
 	};
 	int fd;
 	int err;
-- 
1.9.3

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