must be run as root.
Alternatively, non-root users can be enabled to run turbostat this way:
-# setcap cap_sys_admin,cap_sys_rawio,cap_sys_nice=+ep ./turbostat
+# setcap cap_sys_admin,cap_sys_rawio,cap_sys_nice=+ep path/to/turbostat
# chmod +r /dev/cpu/*/msr
/* counter for cpu_num, including user + kernel and all processes */
fd = perf_event_open(&pea, -1, cpu_num, -1, 0);
if (fd == -1) {
- warn("cpu%d: perf instruction counter", cpu_num);
+ warnx("capget(CAP_PERFMON) failed, try \"# setcap cap_sys_admin=ep %s\"",
+ progname);
BIC_NOT_PRESENT(BIC_IPC);
}
/*
* set_my_sched_priority(pri)
* return previous
- *
- * if non-root, do this:
- * # /sbin/setcap cap_sys_rawio,cap_sys_nice=+ep /usr/bin/turbostat
*/
int set_my_sched_priority(int priority)
{
retval = setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0, priority);
if (retval)
- err(retval, "setpriority(%d)", priority);
+ errx(retval, "capget(CAP_SYS_NICE) failed,try \"# setcap cap_sys_nice=ep %s\"",
+ progname);
errno = 0;
retval = getpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0);
fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
if (fd < 0) {
- warn("fopen %s\n", path);
+ warnx("capget(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) failed, try \"# setcap cap_sys_admin=ep %s\"",
+ progname);
return;
}