linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/4] perf trace: substitute CAP_SYS_ADMIN with CAP

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Message-ID: <450d035a-c192-10e5-1c28-664ccae3e46e@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 22 Apr 2020 17:44:02 +0300
From:   Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc:     Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "selinux@...r.kernel.org" <selinux@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org" 
        <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/4] perf trace: substitute CAP_SYS_ADMIN with CAP_PERFMON
 in error message


Update error message to mention CAP_PERFMON only. CAP_SYS_ADMIN still
works in keeping with user space backward compatibility approach.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@...ux.intel.com>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
index 55eda54240fb..39d43ad02f30 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ static int __cmd_ftrace(struct perf_ftrace *ftrace, int argc, const char **argv)
 	      perf_cap__capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))) {
 		pr_err("ftrace only works for %s!\n",
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBCAP_SUPPORT
-		"users with the CAP_PERFMON or CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability"
+		"users with the CAP_PERFMON capability"
 #else
 		"root"
 #endif
-- 
2.24.1