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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
index 01a5bb58eb04..1367bb5046a7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
@@ -284,7 +284,13 @@ static int __cmd_ftrace(struct perf_ftrace *ftrace, int argc, const char **argv)
};
if (!perf_cap__capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
- pr_err("ftrace only works for root!\n");
+ pr_err("ftrace only works for %s!\n",
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCAP_SUPPORT
+ "users with the SYS_ADMIN capability"
+#else
+ "root"
+#endif
+ );
return -1;
}