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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/parse-events.c10
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 3a3efcf3e4e9..c0b785b50849 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -827,8 +827,6 @@ int parse_events(struct perf_evlist *evlist, const char *str,
* Both call perf_evlist__delete in case of error, so we dont
* need to bother.
*/
- fprintf(stderr, "invalid or unsupported event: '%s'\n", str);
- fprintf(stderr, "Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events\n");
return ret;
}
@@ -836,7 +834,13 @@ int parse_events_option(const struct option *opt, const char *str,
int unset __maybe_unused)
{
struct perf_evlist *evlist = *(struct perf_evlist **)opt->value;
- return parse_events(evlist, str, unset);
+ int ret = parse_events(evlist, str, unset);
+
+ if (ret) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "invalid or unsupported event: '%s'\n", str);
+ fprintf(stderr, "Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events\n");
+ }
+ return ret;
}
int parse_filter(const struct option *opt, const char *str,
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