It is possible to use the procfs file system of your Linux machine to check whether access to GPU Performance Counters currently requires administrative permissions. The currently loaded parameters for the nvidia kernel module can generally be viewed in the file /proc/driver/nvidia/params. The boolean flag RmProfilingAdminOnly describes if profiling is restricted to administrative users. When set to 1, only administrative users are allowed to access GPU Performance Counters. When set to 0, all users have access.