From: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 40aafc7d58d3544f152a863a0e9863014b6d5d8c ] When running as non-root the following error is seen in turbostat: turbostat: fopen /dev/cpu_dma_latency : Permission denied turbostat and the man page have information on how to avoid other permission errors, so these can be fixed the same way. Provide better /dev/cpu_dma_latency warnings that provide instructions on how to avoid the error, and update the man page. Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.8 | 2 ++ tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.8 b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.8 index c7b26a3603afe..3e1a4c4be001a 100644 --- a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.8 +++ b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.8 @@ -344,6 +344,8 @@ Alternatively, non-root users can be enabled to run turbostat this way: # chmod +r /dev/cpu/*/msr +# chmod +r /dev/cpu_dma_latency + .B "turbostat " reads hardware counters, but doesn't write them. So it will not interfere with the OS or other programs, including diff --git a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c index aba460410dbd1..c24054e3ef7ad 100644 --- a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c +++ b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c @@ -5482,7 +5482,7 @@ void print_dev_latency(void) retval = read(fd, (void *)&value, sizeof(int)); if (retval != sizeof(int)) { - warn("read %s\n", path); + warn("read failed %s\n", path); close(fd); return; } -- 2.39.2