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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-record.c2
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-top.c2
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 3eeef339c787..a4be453fc8a9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ try_again:
if (fd[nr_cpu][counter] < 0) {
int err = errno;
- if (err == EPERM)
+ if (err == EPERM || err == EACCES)
die("Permission error - are you root?\n");
else if (err == ENODEV && profile_cpu != -1)
die("No such device - did you specify an out-of-range profile CPU?\n");
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index a1b1d10912dc..e23bc74e734f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ try_again:
if (fd[i][counter] < 0) {
int err = errno;
- if (err == EPERM)
+ if (err == EPERM || err == EACCES)
die("No permission - are you root?\n");
/*
* If it's cycles then fall back to hrtimer