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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/builtin-trace.c | 37 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c index 19ddcabc73d2..5496546b7c5c 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c @@ -1590,17 +1590,13 @@ static int trace__run(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv) } if (perf_evlist__add_newtp(evlist, "raw_syscalls", "sys_enter", trace__sys_enter) || - perf_evlist__add_newtp(evlist, "raw_syscalls", "sys_exit", trace__sys_exit)) { - fprintf(trace->output, "Couldn't read the raw_syscalls tracepoints information!\n"); - goto out_delete_evlist; - } + perf_evlist__add_newtp(evlist, "raw_syscalls", "sys_exit", trace__sys_exit)) + goto out_error_tp; if (trace->sched && - perf_evlist__add_newtp(evlist, "sched", "sched_stat_runtime", - trace__sched_stat_runtime)) { - fprintf(trace->output, "Couldn't read the sched_stat_runtime tracepoint information!\n"); - goto out_delete_evlist; - } + perf_evlist__add_newtp(evlist, "sched", "sched_stat_runtime", + trace__sched_stat_runtime)) + goto out_error_tp; err = perf_evlist__create_maps(evlist, &trace->opts.target); if (err < 0) { @@ -1717,6 +1713,29 @@ out_delete_evlist: out: trace->live = false; return err; +out_error_tp: + switch(errno) { + case ENOENT: + fputs("Error:\tUnable to find debugfs\n" + "Hint:\tWas your kernel was compiled with debugfs support?\n" + "Hint:\tIs the debugfs filesystem mounted?\n" + "Hint:\tTry 'sudo mount -t debugfs nodev /sys/kernel/debug'\n", + trace->output); + break; + case EACCES: + fprintf(trace->output, + "Error:\tNo permissions to read %s/tracing/events/raw_syscalls\n" + "Hint:\tTry 'sudo mount -o remount,mode=755 %s'\n", + debugfs_mountpoint, debugfs_mountpoint); + break; + default: { + char bf[256]; + fprintf(trace->output, "Can't trace: %s\n", + strerror_r(errno, bf, sizeof(bf))); + } + break; + } + goto out_delete_evlist; } static int trace__replay(struct trace *trace) |