From 45cdacc0b16dccf2c6a4d6e5097f4684e42630e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Artur Sarlo <artursarlo@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 22:34:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add extra option for perspect executable to avoid elevating
 the user

---
 gprofiler/hw_metrics.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/gprofiler/hw_metrics.py b/gprofiler/hw_metrics.py
index 7286fd707..27182761c 100644
--- a/gprofiler/hw_metrics.py
+++ b/gprofiler/hw_metrics.py
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ def start(self) -> None:
             str(self._perfspect_duration),
             "--output",
             PERFSPECT_DATA_DIRECTORY,
+            "--noroot",
         ]
 
         # Add --debug if verbose is enabled