Getting 'Permission denied (13)' when trying to use systrace on Moto X with KitKat

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I'm following http://developer.android.com/tools/debugging/systrace.html but can't run systrace on my Moto X (KitKat). Any ideas? 

$ python systrace.py --time=10 -o mynewtrace.html gfx view wm


error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/options/overwrite: Permission denied (13)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb: Permission denied (13)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_clock: Permission denied (13)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_on: Permission denied (13)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_on: Permission denied (13)
unable to start tracing
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/options/overwrite: Permission denied (13)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb: Permission denied (13)
error opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_clock: Permission denied (13)
No data was captured.  Output file was not written.
systrace android-4.4-kitkat android
2 Answers

Use these commands, it will work

adb root adb wait-for-device remount adb shell su root setenforce 0

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