linux-kernel - [PATCH 6/8] perf tools: perf-with-kcore.sh: Always allow fix_buildid_cache

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Message-Id: <20190412113830.4126-7-adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 12 Apr 2019 14:38:28 +0300
From:   Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 6/8] perf tools: perf-with-kcore.sh: Always allow fix_buildid_cache_permissions

The user's buildid cache may contain entries added by root even if root
has its own home directory (e.g. by using perfconfig to specify the same
buildid dir), so remove that validation.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
---
 tools/perf/perf-with-kcore.sh | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/perf-with-kcore.sh b/tools/perf/perf-with-kcore.sh
index 7e47a7cbc195..2ad2fffdb209 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf-with-kcore.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/perf-with-kcore.sh
@@ -111,11 +111,6 @@ fix_buildid_cache_permissions()
 
 	USER_HOME=$(bash <<< "echo ~$SUDO_USER")
 
-	if [ "$HOME" != "$USER_HOME" ] ; then
-		echo "Fix unnecessary because root has a home: $HOME" >&2
-		exit 1
-	fi
-
 	echo "Fixing buildid cache permissions"
 
 	find "$USER_HOME/.debug" -xdev -type d          ! -user "$SUDO_USER" -ls -exec chown    "$SUDO_USER" \{\} \;
-- 
2.17.1