linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] ftrace perf: Check sample types only for sampling events

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Message-ID: <20160315160646.6238b4fa@gandalf.local.home>
Date:	Tue, 15 Mar 2016 16:06:46 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] ftrace perf: Check sample types only for sampling
 events

On Wed,  9 Mar 2016 21:46:41 +0100
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org> wrote:

> Currently we check sample type for ftrace:function event
> even if it's not created as sampling event. That prevents
> creating ftrace_function event in counting mode.
> 
> Making sure we check sample types only for sampling events.
> 
> Before:
>   $ sudo perf stat -e ftrace:function ls
>   ...
> 
>    Performance counter stats for 'ls':
> 
>      <not supported>      ftrace:function
> 
>          0.001983662 seconds time elapsed
> 
> After:
>   $ sudo perf stat -e ftrace:function ls

I'm assuming you gave yourself admin capabilities, and not any normal
user may sample function tracing, right?

-- Steve