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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/builtin-top.c | 6 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c index 623695e18254..db6adecf46f1 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c @@ -301,11 +301,19 @@ try_again: && attr->config == PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES) { if (verbose) - warning(" ... trying to fall back to cpu-clock-ticks\n"); + ui__warning("The cycles event is not supported, " + "trying to fall back to cpu-clock-ticks\n"); attr->type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE; attr->config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK; goto try_again; } + + if (err == ENOENT) { + ui__warning("The %s event is not supported.\n", + event_name(pos)); + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); + } + printf("\n"); error("sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with %d (%s). /bin/dmesg may provide additional information.\n", err, strerror(err)); diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c index 935fc4fd878e..fc1273e976c5 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c @@ -870,6 +870,12 @@ try_again: goto try_again; } + if (err == ENOENT) { + ui__warning("The %s event is not supported.\n", + event_name(counter)); + goto out_err; + } + ui__warning("The sys_perf_event_open() syscall " "returned with %d (%s). /bin/dmesg " "may provide additional information.\n" |