[tip:perf/core] perf script: Also allow forcing reading of non-root owned files by root

From: tip-bot for Yannick Brosseau
Date: Wed Jan 18 2017 - 04:51:03 EST


Commit-ID: be3d466c7356e574a2aa4e19dd20b19b3a9cc4fc
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/be3d466c7356e574a2aa4e19dd20b19b3a9cc4fc
Author: Yannick Brosseau <scientist@xxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 13:25:27 -0500
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 14:59:15 -0300

perf script: Also allow forcing reading of non-root owned files by root

In 2059fc7a5a9e ("perf symbols: Allow forcing reading of non-root owned
files by root") 'perf report' was added the option of forcing reading of
non-root owned symbol file.

This add the same behavior for perf script.

Reported-by: Mark Drayton <mbd@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yannick Brosseau <scientist@xxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: kernel-team@xxxxxx
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170113182527.18625-1-scientist@xxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/builtin-script.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 2f3ff69..c0783b4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -2180,7 +2180,7 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
"Show the mmap events"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('\0', "show-switch-events", &script.show_switch_events,
"Show context switch events (if recorded)"),
- OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &file.force, "don't complain, do it"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &symbol_conf.force, "don't complain, do it"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "ns", &nanosecs,
"Use 9 decimal places when displaying time"),
OPT_CALLBACK_OPTARG(0, "itrace", &itrace_synth_opts, NULL, "opts",
@@ -2212,6 +2212,7 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);

file.path = input_name;
+ file.force = symbol_conf.force;

if (argc > 1 && !strncmp(argv[0], "rec", strlen("rec"))) {
rec_script_path = get_script_path(argv[1], RECORD_SUFFIX);