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tools/power turbostat: be more useful as non-root
Don't exit if used this way: sudo setcap cap_sys_nice,cap_sys_rawio=+ep ./turbostat sudo chmod +r /dev/cpu/*/msr ./turbostat note: cap_sys_admin is now also needed for the perf IPC counter: sudo setcap cap_sys_admin,cap_sys_nice,cap_sys_rawio=+ep ./turbostat Reported-by: Artem S. Tashkinov <aros@gmx.com> Reported-by: Toby Broom <tbroom@outlook.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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must be run as root.
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Alternatively, non-root users can be enabled to run turbostat this way:
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# setcap cap_sys_rawio=ep ./turbostat
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# setcap cap_sys_admin,cap_sys_rawio,cap_sys_nice=+ep ./turbostat
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# chmod +r /dev/cpu/*/msr
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