linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] perf: Use CAP_SYS_ADMIN instead of euid==0 with ftrace

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Message-ID: <20190812202706.GH9280@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 12 Aug 2019 17:27:06 -0300
From:   Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <arnaldo.melo@...il.com>
To:     Igor Lubashev <ilubashe@...mai.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] perf: Use CAP_SYS_ADMIN instead of euid==0 with
 ftrace

Em Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 05:22:51PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo escreveu:
> Em Wed, Aug 07, 2019 at 10:44:17AM -0400, Igor Lubashev escreveu:
> > Kernel requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN instead of euid==0 to mount debugfs for ftrace.
> > Make perf do the same.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Igor Lubashev <ilubashe@...mai.com>
> > ---
> >  tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c | 4 +++-
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
> > index ae1466aa3b26..d09eac8a6d57 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
> > @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
> >  #include <signal.h>
> >  #include <fcntl.h>
> >  #include <poll.h>
> > +#include <linux/capability.h>
> >  
> >  #include "debug.h"
> >  #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
> > @@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
> >  #include "target.h"
> >  #include "cpumap.h"
> >  #include "thread_map.h"
> > +#include "util/cap.h"
> >  #include "util/config.h"
> >  
> >  
> > @@ -281,7 +283,7 @@ static int __cmd_ftrace(struct perf_ftrace *ftrace, int argc, const char **argv)
> >  		.events = POLLIN,
> >  	};
> >  
> > -	if (geteuid() != 0) {
> > +	if (!perf_cap__capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
> >  		pr_err("ftrace only works for root!\n");
> 
> I guess we should update the error message too? 
> 

I.e. I applied this as a follow up patch:

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
index 01a5bb58eb04..ba8b65c2f9dc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
@@ -284,7 +284,12 @@ static int __cmd_ftrace(struct perf_ftrace *ftrace, int argc, const char **argv)
 	};
 
 	if (!perf_cap__capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
-		pr_err("ftrace only works for root!\n");
+		pr_err("ftrace only works for %s!\n",
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCAP_SUPPORT
+		"users with the SYS_ADMIN capability"
+#else
+		"root"
+#endif
 		return -1;
 	}