[18:15] <tomreyn> Igloo: So the answer to your original question would be: Yes, several "FAILED" results are to be expected when running "perf test" as a restricted user.
[19:00] <Igloo> OK, thanks  :-)
[19:01] <Igloo> Does that mean I should run as root when I actually want to profile things, then?
[19:02] <Igloo> I get just "41.3: BPF prologue generation" failing as root