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diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.c b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
index d4536a9e0d8c..155749d74350 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@ void ui__warning(const char *format, ...)
}
#endif
+void ui__warning_paranoid(void)
+{
+ ui__warning("Permission error - are you root?\n"
+ "Consider tweaking /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid:\n"
+ " -1 - Not paranoid at all\n"
+ " 0 - Disallow raw tracepoint access for unpriv\n"
+ " 1 - Disallow cpu events for unpriv\n"
+ " 2 - Disallow kernel profiling for unpriv\n");
+}
+
void trace_event(union perf_event *event)
{
unsigned char *raw_event = (void *)event;
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