From 77c0d131beb5b09c6af4f6a067f294be5dd30dac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pragyansh Chaturvedi <pragyanshchaturvedi18@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 04:09:18 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add permission error handling in trace_pipe

---
 pythonbpf/utils.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pythonbpf/utils.py b/pythonbpf/utils.py
index 47e9913..1540801 100644
--- a/pythonbpf/utils.py
+++ b/pythonbpf/utils.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ def trace_pipe():
         subprocess.run(["cat", "/sys/kernel/tracing/trace_pipe"])
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         print("Tracing stopped.")
+    except (FileNotFoundError, PermissionError) as e:
+        print(f"Error accessing trace_pipe: {e}. Try running as root.")
 
 
 def trace_fields():