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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/builtin-record.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c index 6febcc168a8..623695e1825 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c @@ -275,11 +275,10 @@ try_again: !no_inherit) < 0) { int err = errno; - if (err == EPERM || err == EACCES) - die("Permission error - are you root?\n" - "\t Consider tweaking" - " /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid.\n"); - else if (err == ENODEV && cpu_list) { + if (err == EPERM || err == EACCES) { + ui__warning_paranoid(); + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); + } else if (err == ENODEV && cpu_list) { die("No such device - did you specify" " an out-of-range profile CPU?\n"); } else if (err == EINVAL && sample_id_all_avail) { |