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-rw-r--r--utils/aperf.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/utils/aperf.c b/utils/aperf.c
index c5ceb4b..627fb17 100644
--- a/utils/aperf.c
+++ b/utils/aperf.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
#include <unistd.h>
#include <getopt.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
@@ -396,8 +397,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
}
}
+ if (getuid() != 0) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "You must be root\n");
+ return EXIT_FAILURE;
+ }
+
if (!cpu_has_effective_freq()) {
- fprintf(stderr, "CPU doesn't support APERF/MPERF!\n");
+ fprintf(stderr, "CPU doesn't support APERF/MPERF\n");
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}