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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
index d5adc417a4ca..55eda54240fb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
@@ -284,10 +284,11 @@ static int __cmd_ftrace(struct perf_ftrace *ftrace, int argc, const char **argv)
.events = POLLIN,
};
- if (!perf_cap__capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
+ if (!(perf_cap__capable(CAP_PERFMON) ||
+ perf_cap__capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))) {
pr_err("ftrace only works for %s!\n",
#ifdef HAVE_LIBCAP_SUPPORT
- "users with the SYS_ADMIN capability"
+ "users with the CAP_PERFMON or CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability"
#else
"root"
#endif