Previously a failed read of /dev/cpu_dma_latency erroneously complained
turbostat: capget(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) failed, try "# setcap cap_sys_admin=ep ./turbostat
This went unnoticed because this file is typically visible to root,
and turbostat was typically run as root.
Going forward, when a non-root user can run turbostat...
Complain about failed read access to this file only if --debug is used.
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
if (fd < 0) {
- warnx("capget(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) failed, try \"# setcap cap_sys_admin=ep %s\"", progname);
+ if (debug)
+ warnx("Read %s failed", path);
return;
}