perf trace: Improve messages related to /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid
kernel/events/core.c has:
/*
* perf event paranoia level:
* -1 - not paranoid at all
* 0 - disallow raw tracepoint access for unpriv
* 1 - disallow cpu events for unpriv
* 2 - disallow kernel profiling for unpriv
*/
int sysctl_perf_event_paranoid __read_mostly = 1;
So, with the default being 1, a non-root user can trace his stuff:
[acme@zoo ~]$ cat /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid
1
[acme@zoo ~]$ yes > /dev/null &
[1] 15338
[acme@zoo ~]$ trace -p 15338 | head -5
0.005 ( 0.005 ms): write(fd: 1</dev/null>, buf: 0x7fe6db765000, count: 4096 ) = 4096
0.045 ( 0.001 ms): write(fd: 1</dev/null>, buf: 0x7fe6db765000, count: 4096 ) = 4096
0.085 ( 0.001 ms): write(fd: 1</dev/null>, buf: 0x7fe6db765000, count: 4096 ) = 4096
0.125 ( 0.001 ms): write(fd: 1</dev/null>, buf: 0x7fe6db765000, count: 4096 ) = 4096
0.165 ( 0.001 ms): write(fd: 1</dev/null>, buf: 0x7fe6db765000, count: 4096 ) = 4096
[acme@zoo ~]$
[acme@zoo ~]$ trace --duration 1 sleep 1
1002.148 (1001.218 ms): nanosleep(rqtp: 0x7fff46c79250 ) = 0
[acme@zoo ~]$
[acme@zoo ~]$ trace -- usleep 1 | tail -5
0.905 ( 0.002 ms): brk( ) = 0x1c82000
0.910 ( 0.003 ms): brk(brk: 0x1ca3000 ) = 0x1ca3000
0.913 ( 0.001 ms): brk( ) = 0x1ca3000
0.990 ( 0.059 ms): nanosleep(rqtp: 0x7fffe31a3280 ) = 0
0.995 ( 0.000 ms): exit_group(
[acme@zoo ~]$
But can't do system wide tracing:
[acme@zoo ~]$ trace
Error: Operation not permitted.
Hint: Check /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid setting.
Hint: For system wide tracing it needs to be set to -1.
Hint: The current value is 1.
[acme@zoo ~]$
[acme@zoo ~]$ trace --cpu 0
Error: Operation not permitted.
Hint: Check /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid setting.
Hint: For system wide tracing it needs to be set to -1.
Hint: The current value is 1.
[acme@zoo ~]$
If the paranoid level is >= 2, i.e. turn this perf stuff off for !root users:
[acme@zoo ~]$ sudo sh -c 'echo 2 > /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid'
[acme@zoo ~]$ cat /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid
2
[acme@zoo ~]$
[acme@zoo ~]$ trace usleep 1
Error: Permission denied.
Hint: Check /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid setting.
Hint: For your workloads it needs to be <= 1
Hint: For system wide tracing it needs to be set to -1.
Hint: The current value is 2.
[acme@zoo ~]$
[acme@zoo ~]$ trace
Error: Permission denied.
Hint: Check /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid setting.
Hint: For your workloads it needs to be <= 1
Hint: For system wide tracing it needs to be set to -1.
Hint: The current value is 2.
[acme@zoo ~]$
[acme@zoo ~]$ trace --cpu 1
Error: Permission denied.
Hint: Check /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid setting.
Hint: For your workloads it needs to be <= 1
Hint: For system wide tracing it needs to be set to -1.
Hint: The current value is 2.
[acme@zoo ~]$
If the user manages to get what he/she wants, convincing root not
to be paranoid at all...
[root@zoo ~]# echo -1 > /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid
[root@zoo ~]# cat /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid
-1
[root@zoo ~]#
[acme@zoo ~]$ ps -eo user,pid,comm | grep Xorg
root 729 Xorg
[acme@zoo ~]$
[acme@zoo ~]$ trace -a --duration 0.001 -e \!select,ioctl,writev | grep Xorg | head -5
23.143 ( 0.003 ms): Xorg/729 setitimer(which: REAL, value: 0x7fffaadf16e0 ) = 0
23.152 ( 0.004 ms): Xorg/729 read(fd: 31, buf: 0x2544af0, count: 4096 ) = 8
23.161 ( 0.002 ms): Xorg/729 read(fd: 31, buf: 0x2544af0, count: 4096 ) = -1 EAGAIN Resource temporarily unavailable
23.175 ( 0.002 ms): Xorg/729 setitimer(which: REAL, value: 0x7fffaadf16e0 ) = 0
23.235 ( 0.002 ms): Xorg/729 setitimer(which: REAL, value: 0x7fffaadf16e0 ) = 0
[acme@zoo ~]$
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-di28olfwd28rvkox7v3hqhu1@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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