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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/annotate.c1
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/symbol.c4
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
index 8a18347709e1..d1eece70b84d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
@@ -1126,6 +1126,7 @@ fallback:
dso->annotate_warned = 1;
pr_err("Can't annotate %s:\n\n"
"No vmlinux file%s\nwas found in the path.\n\n"
+ "Note that annotation using /proc/kcore requires CAP_SYS_RAWIO capability.\n\n"
"Please use:\n\n"
" perf buildid-cache -vu vmlinux\n\n"
"or:\n\n"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 725640fd7cd8..42e98ab5a9bb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1138,8 +1138,8 @@ static int dso__load_kcore(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
fd = open(kcore_filename, O_RDONLY);
if (fd < 0) {
- pr_err("%s requires CAP_SYS_RAWIO capability to access.\n",
- kcore_filename);
+ pr_debug("Failed to open %s. Note /proc/kcore requires CAP_SYS_RAWIO capability to access.\n",
+ kcore_filename);
return -EINVAL;
}