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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-report.c6
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/symbol.c4
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/symbol.h1
3 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 2853ad2..f256fac 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
struct report {
struct perf_tool tool;
struct perf_session *session;
- bool force, use_tui, use_gtk, use_stdio;
+ bool use_tui, use_gtk, use_stdio;
bool hide_unresolved;
bool dont_use_callchains;
bool show_full_info;
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
"file", "vmlinux pathname"),
OPT_STRING(0, "kallsyms", &symbol_conf.kallsyms_name,
"file", "kallsyms pathname"),
- OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &report.force, "don't complain, do it"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &symbol_conf.force, "don't complain, do it"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('m', "modules", &symbol_conf.use_modules,
"load module symbols - WARNING: use only with -k and LIVE kernel"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "show-nr-samples", &symbol_conf.show_nr_samples,
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
}
file.path = input_name;
- file.force = report.force;
+ file.force = symbol_conf.force;
repeat:
session = perf_session__new(&file, false, &report.tool);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 09343a8..cd08027 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1436,9 +1436,9 @@ int dso__load(struct dso *dso, struct map *map, symbol_filter_t filter)
if (lstat(dso->name, &st) < 0)
goto out;
- if (st.st_uid && (st.st_uid != geteuid())) {
+ if (!symbol_conf.force && st.st_uid && (st.st_uid != geteuid())) {
pr_warning("File %s not owned by current user or root, "
- "ignoring it.\n", dso->name);
+ "ignoring it (use -f to override).\n", dso->name);
goto out;
}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index 40073c6..dcd786e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ struct symbol_conf {
unsigned short priv_size;
unsigned short nr_events;
bool try_vmlinux_path,
+ force,
ignore_vmlinux,
ignore_vmlinux_buildid,
show_kernel_path,
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