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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-06-07 17:46:24 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-06-07 17:46:24 +0200 |
| commit | 30c806a094493beb7691bc7957dfa02dee96230a (patch) | |
| tree | 050253f0a69d5fab3cee07c07061e1468ac3c4f1 /tools/perf/builtin-record.c | |
| parent | 3da297a60f7e8840f79f7d0b343af078890939ea (diff) | |
| download | blackbird-op-linux-30c806a094493beb7691bc7957dfa02dee96230a.tar.gz blackbird-op-linux-30c806a094493beb7691bc7957dfa02dee96230a.zip | |
perf_counter tools: Handle kernels with !CONFIG_PERF_COUNTER
If perf is run on a !CONFIG_PERF_COUNTER kernel right now it
bails out with no messages or with confusing messages.
Standardize this case some more and explain the situation.
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/builtin-record.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c index 87866294a0e6..deaee42d5eb0 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c @@ -356,9 +356,6 @@ try_again: if (fd[nr_cpu][counter] < 0) { int err = errno; - if (verbose) - error("sys_perf_counter_open() syscall returned with %d (%s)\n", - fd[nr_cpu][counter], strerror(err)); if (err == EPERM) die("Permission error - are you root?\n"); @@ -376,6 +373,10 @@ try_again: attr->config = PERF_COUNT_CPU_CLOCK; goto try_again; } + printf("\n"); + error("perfcounter syscall returned with %d (%s)\n", + fd[nr_cpu][counter], strerror(err)); + die("No CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS=y kernel support configured?\n"); exit(-1); } |
