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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/annotate.c15
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/ui/browsers/hists.c8
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
index 70ec422ddb64..0d0830c98cd7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
@@ -295,12 +295,23 @@ fallback:
}
if (dso->origin == DSO__ORIG_KERNEL) {
+ char bf[BUILD_ID_SIZE * 2 + 16] = " with build id ";
+ char *build_id_msg = NULL;
+
if (dso->annotate_warned)
goto out_free_filename;
+
+ if (dso->has_build_id) {
+ build_id__sprintf(dso->build_id,
+ sizeof(dso->build_id), bf + 15);
+ build_id_msg = bf;
+ }
err = -ENOENT;
dso->annotate_warned = 1;
- pr_err("Can't annotate %s: No vmlinux file was found in the "
- "path\n", sym->name);
+ pr_err("Can't annotate %s: No vmlinux file%s was found in the "
+ "path.\nPlease use 'perf buildid-cache -av vmlinux' or "
+ "--vmlinux vmlinux.\n",
+ sym->name, build_id_msg ?: "");
goto out_free_filename;
}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/ui/browsers/hists.c b/tools/perf/util/ui/browsers/hists.c
index 294b49538522..497b3c4076a3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/ui/browsers/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/ui/browsers/hists.c
@@ -924,14 +924,6 @@ int hists__browse(struct hists *self, const char *helpline,
if (choice == annotate) {
struct hist_entry *he;
do_annotate:
- if (browser->selection->map->dso->origin == DSO__ORIG_KERNEL) {
- browser->selection->map->dso->annotate_warned = 1;
- ui_helpline__puts("No vmlinux file found, can't "
- "annotate with just a "
- "kallsyms file");
- continue;
- }
-
he = hist_browser__selected_entry(browser);
if (he == NULL)
continue;