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* [Intel-gfx] [PATCH i-g-t] intel_gpu_top: Improve error message when insufficient privilege
@ 2022-02-01 15:19 Tvrtko Ursulin
  2022-02-01 16:10 ` Dixit, Ashutosh
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Tvrtko Ursulin @ 2022-02-01 15:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: igt-dev; +Cc: Intel-gfx

From: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@intel.com>

Print out end user friendly help text when the running user has
insufficient privilege for accessing system wide performance counters.

Signed-off-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@intel.com>
Issue: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/intel/-/issues/5018
---
 tools/intel_gpu_top.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/intel_gpu_top.c b/tools/intel_gpu_top.c
index 81c724d1fe1c..0404a5881b40 100644
--- a/tools/intel_gpu_top.c
+++ b/tools/intel_gpu_top.c
@@ -1761,6 +1761,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (ret) {
 		fprintf(stderr,
 			"Failed to initialize PMU! (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
+		if (errno == EACCES && geteuid())
+			fprintf(stderr,
+"\n"
+"When running as a normal user CAP_PERFMON is required to access performance\n"
+"monitoring. See \"man 7 capabilities\", \"man 8 setcap\", or contact your\n"
+"distribution vendor for assistance.\n"
+"\n"
+"More information can be found at 'Perf events and tool security' document:\n"
+"https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/perf-security.html\n");
 		ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
 		goto err;
 	}
-- 
2.32.0


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