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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/builtin-trace.c | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/evlist.c | 36 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/evlist.h | 1 |
3 files changed, 48 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c index 78b0d6a..db959ac 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c @@ -1713,10 +1713,8 @@ static int trace__run(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv) } err = perf_evlist__open(evlist); - if (err < 0) { - fprintf(trace->output, "Couldn't create the events: %s\n", strerror(errno)); - goto out_delete_maps; - } + if (err < 0) + goto out_error_open; err = perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, UINT_MAX, false); if (err < 0) { @@ -1813,14 +1811,21 @@ out_delete_evlist: out: trace->live = false; return err; -out_error_tp: { char errbuf[BUFSIZ]; + +out_error_tp: perf_evlist__strerror_tp(evlist, errno, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf)); + goto out_error; + +out_error_open: + perf_evlist__strerror_open(evlist, errno, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf)); + +out_error: fprintf(trace->output, "%s\n", errbuf); -} goto out_delete_evlist; } +} static int trace__replay(struct trace *trace) { diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c index 6737420..0b5425b 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c @@ -1153,3 +1153,39 @@ int perf_evlist__strerror_tp(struct perf_evlist *evlist __maybe_unused, return 0; } + +int perf_evlist__strerror_open(struct perf_evlist *evlist __maybe_unused, + int err, char *buf, size_t size) +{ + int printed, value; + char sbuf[128], *emsg = strerror_r(err, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)); + + switch (err) { + case EACCES: + case EPERM: + printed = scnprintf(buf, size, + "Error:\t%s.\n" + "Hint:\tCheck /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid setting.", emsg); + + if (filename__read_int("/proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid", &value)) + break; + + printed += scnprintf(buf + printed, size - printed, "\nHint:\t"); + + if (value >= 2) { + printed += scnprintf(buf + printed, size - printed, + "For your workloads it needs to be <= 1\nHint:\t"); + } + printed += scnprintf(buf + printed, size - printed, + "For system wide tracing it needs to be set to -1"); + + printed += scnprintf(buf + printed, size - printed, + ".\nHint:\tThe current value is %d.", value); + break; + default: + scnprintf(buf, size, "%s", emsg); + break; + } + + return 0; +} diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h index 386de10..7f8f1ae 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h +++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h @@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ static inline struct perf_evsel *perf_evlist__last(struct perf_evlist *evlist) size_t perf_evlist__fprintf(struct perf_evlist *evlist, FILE *fp); int perf_evlist__strerror_tp(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int err, char *buf, size_t size); +int perf_evlist__strerror_open(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int err, char *buf, size_t size); static inline unsigned int perf_mmap__read_head(struct perf_mmap *mm) { |
