@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ The v4.2 kernel introduced support for a context switch metadata event,
PERF_RECORD_SWITCH, which allows unprivileged users to see when their processes
are scheduled out and in, just not by whom, which is left for the
PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE, that is only accessible in system wide context,
-which in turn requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN.
+which in turn requires CAP_PERFMON or CAP_SYS_ADMIN.
Please see the 45ac1403f564 ("perf: Add PERF_RECORD_SWITCH to indicate context
switches") commit, that introduces these metadata events for further info.
Extend CAP_SYS_ADMIN with CAP_PERFMON in the docs. Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com> --- tools/perf/Documentation/perf-intel-pt.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)