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author | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> | 2013-10-18 00:38:29 +0400 |
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committer | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> | 2013-10-18 00:38:29 +0400 |
commit | a8f23d8f8af43d49cd3331681913b76e4951e1a4 (patch) | |
tree | 1ad8998584d57a5ebb5a03ca86c2e032bd0815f9 /tools/perf/util/evlist.h | |
parent | 97a07f10c38064dea492794c99445f6260afcdc1 (diff) | |
download | linux-a8f23d8f8af43d49cd3331681913b76e4951e1a4.tar.xz |
perf trace: Improve messages related to /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid
kernel/events/core.c has:
/*
* perf event paranoia level:
* -1 - not paranoid at all
* 0 - disallow raw tracepoint access for unpriv
* 1 - disallow cpu events for unpriv
* 2 - disallow kernel profiling for unpriv
*/
int sysctl_perf_event_paranoid __read_mostly = 1;
So, with the default being 1, a non-root user can trace his stuff:
[acme@zoo ~]$ cat /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid
1
[acme@zoo ~]$ yes > /dev/null &
[1] 15338
[acme@zoo ~]$ trace -p 15338 | head -5
0.005 ( 0.005 ms): write(fd: 1</dev/null>, buf: 0x7fe6db765000, count: 4096 ) = 4096
0.045 ( 0.001 ms): write(fd: 1</dev/null>, buf: 0x7fe6db765000, count: 4096 ) = 4096
0.085 ( 0.001 ms): write(fd: 1</dev/null>, buf: 0x7fe6db765000, count: 4096 ) = 4096
0.125 ( 0.001 ms): write(fd: 1</dev/null>, buf: 0x7fe6db765000, count: 4096 ) = 4096
0.165 ( 0.001 ms): write(fd: 1</dev/null>, buf: 0x7fe6db765000, count: 4096 ) = 4096
[acme@zoo ~]$
[acme@zoo ~]$ trace --duration 1 sleep 1
1002.148 (1001.218 ms): nanosleep(rqtp: 0x7fff46c79250 ) = 0
[acme@zoo ~]$
[acme@zoo ~]$ trace -- usleep 1 | tail -5
0.905 ( 0.002 ms): brk( ) = 0x1c82000
0.910 ( 0.003 ms): brk(brk: 0x1ca3000 ) = 0x1ca3000
0.913 ( 0.001 ms): brk( ) = 0x1ca3000
0.990 ( 0.059 ms): nanosleep(rqtp: 0x7fffe31a3280 ) = 0
0.995 ( 0.000 ms): exit_group(
[acme@zoo ~]$
But can't do system wide tracing:
[acme@zoo ~]$ trace
Error: Operation not permitted.
Hint: Check /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid setting.
Hint: For system wide tracing it needs to be set to -1.
Hint: The current value is 1.
[acme@zoo ~]$
[acme@zoo ~]$ trace --cpu 0
Error: Operation not permitted.
Hint: Check /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid setting.
Hint: For system wide tracing it needs to be set to -1.
Hint: The current value is 1.
[acme@zoo ~]$
If the paranoid level is >= 2, i.e. turn this perf stuff off for !root users:
[acme@zoo ~]$ sudo sh -c 'echo 2 > /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid'
[acme@zoo ~]$ cat /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid
2
[acme@zoo ~]$
[acme@zoo ~]$ trace usleep 1
Error: Permission denied.
Hint: Check /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid setting.
Hint: For your workloads it needs to be <= 1
Hint: For system wide tracing it needs to be set to -1.
Hint: The current value is 2.
[acme@zoo ~]$
[acme@zoo ~]$ trace
Error: Permission denied.
Hint: Check /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid setting.
Hint: For your workloads it needs to be <= 1
Hint: For system wide tracing it needs to be set to -1.
Hint: The current value is 2.
[acme@zoo ~]$
[acme@zoo ~]$ trace --cpu 1
Error: Permission denied.
Hint: Check /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid setting.
Hint: For your workloads it needs to be <= 1
Hint: For system wide tracing it needs to be set to -1.
Hint: The current value is 2.
[acme@zoo ~]$
If the user manages to get what he/she wants, convincing root not
to be paranoid at all...
[root@zoo ~]# echo -1 > /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid
[root@zoo ~]# cat /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid
-1
[root@zoo ~]#
[acme@zoo ~]$ ps -eo user,pid,comm | grep Xorg
root 729 Xorg
[acme@zoo ~]$
[acme@zoo ~]$ trace -a --duration 0.001 -e \!select,ioctl,writev | grep Xorg | head -5
23.143 ( 0.003 ms): Xorg/729 setitimer(which: REAL, value: 0x7fffaadf16e0 ) = 0
23.152 ( 0.004 ms): Xorg/729 read(fd: 31, buf: 0x2544af0, count: 4096 ) = 8
23.161 ( 0.002 ms): Xorg/729 read(fd: 31, buf: 0x2544af0, count: 4096 ) = -1 EAGAIN Resource temporarily unavailable
23.175 ( 0.002 ms): Xorg/729 setitimer(which: REAL, value: 0x7fffaadf16e0 ) = 0
23.235 ( 0.002 ms): Xorg/729 setitimer(which: REAL, value: 0x7fffaadf16e0 ) = 0
[acme@zoo ~]$
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-di28olfwd28rvkox7v3hqhu1@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/util/evlist.h')
-rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/evlist.h | 1 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h index 386de1036442..7f8f1aeb9cfe 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h +++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h @@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ static inline struct perf_evsel *perf_evlist__last(struct perf_evlist *evlist) size_t perf_evlist__fprintf(struct perf_evlist *evlist, FILE *fp); int perf_evlist__strerror_tp(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int err, char *buf, size_t size); +int perf_evlist__strerror_open(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int err, char *buf, size_t size); static inline unsigned int perf_mmap__read_head(struct perf_mmap *mm) { |