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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/parse-events.c2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index b097570e9623..e9e6d5c0ae4a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -678,6 +678,8 @@ parse_event_symbols(const char **str, struct perf_event_attr *attr)
if (ret != EVT_FAILED)
goto modifier;
+ fprintf(stderr, "invalid or unsupported event: '%s'\n", *str);
+ fprintf(stderr, "Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events\n");
return EVT_FAILED;
modifier:
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