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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/util/parse-events.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c index 75588920fccc..9183913a6174 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c @@ -1219,11 +1219,17 @@ static int __parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_state *parse_state, struct perf_pmu_info info; struct perf_pmu *pmu; struct perf_evsel *evsel; + struct parse_events_error *err = parse_state->error; LIST_HEAD(config_terms); pmu = perf_pmu__find(name); - if (!pmu) + if (!pmu) { + if (asprintf(&err->str, + "Cannot find PMU `%s'. Missing kernel support?", + name) < 0) + err->str = NULL; return -EINVAL; + } if (pmu->default_config) { memcpy(&attr, pmu->default_config, @@ -1733,8 +1739,8 @@ static int get_term_width(void) return ws.ws_col > MAX_WIDTH ? MAX_WIDTH : ws.ws_col; } -static void parse_events_print_error(struct parse_events_error *err, - const char *event) +void parse_events_print_error(struct parse_events_error *err, + const char *event) { const char *str = "invalid or unsupported event: "; char _buf[MAX_WIDTH]; @@ -1789,8 +1795,6 @@ static void parse_events_print_error(struct parse_events_error *err, zfree(&err->str); zfree(&err->help); } - - fprintf(stderr, "Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events\n"); } #undef MAX_WIDTH @@ -1802,8 +1806,10 @@ int parse_events_option(const struct option *opt, const char *str, struct parse_events_error err = { .idx = 0, }; int ret = parse_events(evlist, str, &err); - if (ret) + if (ret) { parse_events_print_error(&err, str); + fprintf(stderr, "Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events\n"); + } return ret; } |
