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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-report.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 3fc0d471b90..d2e28820ee6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ static char *dso_list_str, *comm_list_str, *sym_list_str,
static struct strlist *dso_list, *comm_list, *sym_list;
static char *field_sep;
+static int force;
static int input;
static int show_mask = SHOW_KERNEL | SHOW_USER | SHOW_HV;
@@ -1404,6 +1405,11 @@ static int __cmd_report(void)
exit(-1);
}
+ if (!force && (input_stat.st_uid != geteuid())) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "file: %s not owned by current user\n", input_name);
+ exit(-1);
+ }
+
if (!input_stat.st_size) {
fprintf(stderr, "zero-sized file, nothing to do!\n");
exit(0);
@@ -1615,6 +1621,7 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
OPT_BOOLEAN('D', "dump-raw-trace", &dump_trace,
"dump raw trace in ASCII"),
OPT_STRING('k', "vmlinux", &vmlinux_name, "file", "vmlinux pathname"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force, "don't complain, do it"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('m', "modules", &modules,
"load module symbols - WARNING: use only with -k and LIVE kernel"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "show-nr-samples", &show_nr_samples,