perf trace: Support using -f to override perf.data file ownership
Enable perf trace to use perf.data when it is not owned by current user or root. Example: # perf trace record ls # chown Yunlong.Song:Yunlong.Song perf.data # ls -al perf.data -rw------- 1 Yunlong.Song Yunlong.Song 4153101 Apr 2 15:28 perf.data # id uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root),64(pkcs11) Before this patch: # perf trace -i perf.data File perf.data not owned by current user or root (use -f to override) # perf trace -i perf.data -f Error: unknown switch `f' usage: perf trace [<options>] [<command>] or: perf trace [<options>] -- <command> [<options>] or: perf trace record [<options>] [<command>] or: perf trace record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>] --event <event> event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events --comm show the thread COMM next to its id --tool_stats show tool stats -e, --expr <expr> list of events to trace -o, --output <file> output file name -i, --input <file> Analyze events in file -p, --pid <pid> trace events on existing process id -t, --tid <tid> trace events on existing thread id --filter-pids <float> ... As shown above, the -f option does not work at all. After this patch: # perf trace -i perf.data File perf.data not owned by current user or root (use -f to override) # perf trace -i perf.data -f 0.056 ( 0.002 ms): ls/47325 brk( ... 0.108 ( 0.018 ms): ls/47325 mmap(len: 4096, prot: READ|WRITE, ... 0.145 ( 0.013 ms): ls/47325 access(filename: 0x7f31259a0eb0, ... 0.172 ( 0.008 ms): ls/47325 open(filename: 0x7fffeb9a0d00, ... 0.180 ( 0.004 ms): ls/47325 stat(filename: 0x7fffeb9a0d00, ... 0.185 ( 0.004 ms): ls/47325 open(filename: 0x7fffeb9a0d00, ... 0.189 ( 0.003 ms): ls/47325 stat(filename: 0x7fffeb9a0d00, ... 0.195 ( 0.004 ms): ls/47325 open(filename: 0x7fffeb9a0d00, ... 0.199 ( 0.002 ms): ls/47325 stat(filename: 0x7fffeb9a0d00, ... 0.205 ( 0.004 ms): ls/47325 open(filename: 0x7fffeb9a0d00, ... 0.211 ( 0.004 ms): ls/47325 stat(filename: 0x7fffeb9a0d00, ... 0.220 ( 0.007 ms): ls/47325 open(filename: 0x7f312599e8ff, ... ... ... As shown above, the -f option really works now. Signed-off-by: Yunlong Song <yunlong.song@huawei.com> Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1427982439-27388-10-git-send-email-yunlong.song@huawei.comSigned-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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