Re: Kate slowing down...

On 2022-03-08 19:14, Sven Brauch wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 3/8/22 19:11, Christoph Cullmann (cullmann.io) wrote:
>> Hi, actually, on any recent distro with usable security settings for 
>> your
>> personal workstation you should be able to perf as your user.
> 
> oh, indeed that works now. Thanks for the heads-up. I thought it
> required some ptrace call which needs root (or special settings) like
> gdb.
> 
> Greetings!

Hi,

yeah, it needs some of that permissions, but usually on a default
system you have them for your own processes.

But if not, the internet will tell the right sysctl settings.

Super useful, compared to FreeBSD where dtrace tracing requires root.

Greetings
Christoph

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