From 071266bf5b6a4f41250d2b26b000f1d2f9620afe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 12:40:11 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] perf tools: Suggest using -f to override perf.data file ownership message # id uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) # ls -la perf.data -rw-------. 1 acme acme 20720 Jul 8 11:35 perf.data Previously: # perf report file perf.data not owned by current user or root Now: # perf report File perf.data not owned by current user or root (use -f to override) Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: David Ahern Cc: Don Zickus Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-0j2wuuegnhv3gljbil8ld6kx@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo --- tools/perf/util/data.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data.c b/tools/perf/util/data.c index 55de44ecebef..ee370a7f2444 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/data.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/data.c @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static int open_file_read(struct perf_data_file *file) goto out_close; if (!file->force && st.st_uid && (st.st_uid != geteuid())) { - pr_err("file %s not owned by current user or root\n", + pr_err("File %s not owned by current user or root (use -f to override)\n", file->path); goto out_close; } -- 2.30.2