1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index b53a60fc12de..8b2ec882e6e0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ static char		*dso_list_str, *comm_list_str, *sym_list_str,
 static struct strlist   *dso_list, *comm_list, *sym_list;
 static char             *field_sep;
 
+static int              force;
 static int              input;
 static int              show_mask = SHOW_KERNEL | SHOW_USER | SHOW_HV;
 
@@ -1856,6 +1857,11 @@ static int __cmd_report(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);
@@ -2064,6 +2070,7 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
         OPT_BOOLEAN('D', "dump-raw-trace", &dump_trace,
                     "dump raw trace in ASCII"),
         OPT_STRING('k', "vmlinux", &vmlinux, "file", "vmlinux pathname"),
+        OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force, "don't complain, do it"),
         OPT_BOOLEAN('m', "modules", &modules,
                     "load module symbols - WARNING: use only with -k and LIVE kernel"),
         OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "show-nr-samples", &show_nr_samples,