1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index 343e7b14bf01..5e17de984dc8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ static char		*vmlinux = "vmlinux";
 static char             default_sort_order[] = "comm,symbol";
 static char             *sort_order = default_sort_order;
 
+static int              force;
 static int              input;
 static int              show_mask = SHOW_KERNEL | SHOW_USER | SHOW_HV;
 
@@ -1334,6 +1335,11 @@ static int __cmd_annotate(void)
                 exit(-1);
         }
 
+        if (!force && (stat.st_uid != geteuid())) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "file: %s not owned by current user\n", input_name);
+                exit(-1);
+        }
+
         if (!stat.st_size) {
                 fprintf(stderr, "zero-sized file, nothing to do!\n");
                 exit(0);
@@ -1439,6 +1445,7 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
                     "input file name"),
         OPT_STRING('s', "symbol", &sym_hist_filter, "symbol",
                     "symbol to annotate"),
+        OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force, "don't complain, do it"),
         OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose,
                     "be more verbose (show symbol address, etc)"),
         OPT_BOOLEAN('D', "dump-raw-trace", &dump_trace,