perf tools: Warn that perf_event_paranoid can restrict kernel symbols
Warn that /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid can also restrict kernel
symbols.
Signed-off-by: Igor Lubashev <ilubashe@akamai.com>
Tested-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Suzuki Poulouse <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1566869956-7154-6-git-send-email-ilubashe@akamai.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 8ea62fd..58a75dd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ static char *trace__machine__resolve_kernel_addr(void *vmachine, unsigned long l
if (symbol_conf.kptr_restrict) {
pr_warning("Kernel address maps (/proc/{kallsyms,modules}) are restricted.\n\n"
- "Check /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict.\n\n"
+ "Check /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict and /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid.\n\n"
"Kernel samples will not be resolved.\n");
machine->kptr_restrict_warned = true;
return NULL;
