[PATCH linux-next 2/2] perf: Return EACCESS when need perfmon capability
Luo Gengkun
luogengkun at huaweicloud.com
Mon Dec 23 07:06:50 UTC 2024
For perf_allow_kernel and perf_allow_cpu, both return EACCES when require
CAP_PERFMON or CAP_SYS_ADMIN permissions, so update perf_allow_tracepoint
to keep them the same.
Signed-off-by: Luo Gengkun <luogengkun at huaweicloud.com>
---
include/linux/perf_event.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 5d2ec4283ebf..c1bc0d7a275b 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -1685,7 +1685,7 @@ static inline int perf_allow_cpu(void)
static inline int perf_allow_tracepoint(void)
{
if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > -1 && !perfmon_capable())
- return -EPERM;
+ return -EACCES;
return security_perf_event_open(PERF_SECURITY_TRACEPOINT);
}
--
2.34.1
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