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| author |   David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> | 2012-09-13 14:59:15 -0600 |
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| committer |   Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> | 2012-10-24 14:20:11 -0200 |
| commit | 2305c82fb35dd2c8c9533303bb1693f1636c66e4 (patch) | |
| tree | 5a85edf5c7b1df1d65cfef7302279002edcd77bc /tools/perf | |
| parent | Account the nr_entries in rblist properly (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-2305c82fb35dd2c8c9533303bb1693f1636c66e4.tar.xz linux-dev-2305c82fb35dd2c8c9533303bb1693f1636c66e4.zip | |
perf tools: Give user better message if precise is not supported
Platforms (e.g., VM's) without support for precise mode get a confusing
error message. e.g.,
$ perf record -e cycles:p -a -- sleep 1
Error: sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with 95 (Operation not
supported). /bin/dmesg may provide additional information.
No hardware sampling interrupt available. No APIC? If so then you can
boot the kernel with the "lapic" boot parameter to force-enable it.
sleep: Terminated
which is not clear that precise mode might be the root problem. With this
patch:
$ perf record -e cycles:p -fo /tmp/perf.data -- sleep 1
Error:
'precise' request may not be supported. Try removing 'p' modifier
sleep: Terminated
v2: softened message to 'may not be' supported per Robert's suggestion
Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1347569955-54626-4-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/builtin-top.c | 4 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c index 73b5d7f91194..53c9892e96dd 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c @@ -317,6 +317,11 @@ try_again: perf_evsel__name(pos)); rc = -err; goto out; + } else if ((err == EOPNOTSUPP) && (attr->precise_ip)) { + ui__error("\'precise\' request may not be supported. " + "Try removing 'p' modifier\n"); + rc = -err; + goto out; } printf("\n"); diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c index fb9da71eba1f..f2ecd498c72d 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c @@ -977,6 +977,10 @@ try_again: ui__error("Too many events are opened.\n" "Try again after reducing the number of events\n"); goto out_err; + } else if ((err == EOPNOTSUPP) && (attr->precise_ip)) { + ui__error("\'precise\' request may not be supported. " + "Try removing 'p' modifier\n"); + goto out_err; } ui__error("The sys_perf_event_open() syscall " |