1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index d248fca6d7ed..1e15df10a88c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -1091,12 +1091,12 @@ int is_valid_tracepoint(const char *event_string)
 static bool is_event_supported(u8 type, unsigned config)
 {
         bool ret = true;
+        int open_return;
         struct perf_evsel *evsel;
         struct perf_event_attr attr = {
                 .type = type,
                 .config = config,
                 .disabled = 1,
-                .exclude_kernel = 1,
         };
         struct {
                 struct thread_map map;
@@ -1108,7 +1108,20 @@ static bool is_event_supported(u8 type, unsigned config)
 
         evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr);
         if (evsel) {
-                ret = perf_evsel__open(evsel, NULL, &tmap.map) >= 0;
+                open_return = perf_evsel__open(evsel, NULL, &tmap.map);
+                ret = open_return >= 0;
+
+                if (open_return == -EACCES) {
+                        /*
+                         * This happens if the paranoid value
+                         * /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid is set to 2
+                         * Re-run with exclude_kernel set; we don't do that
+                         * by default as some ARM machines do not support it.
+                         *
+                         */
+                        evsel->attr.exclude_kernel = 1;
+                        ret = perf_evsel__open(evsel, NULL, &tmap.map) >= 0;
+                }
                 perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
         }