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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-record.c5
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-top.c4
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 73b5d7f..53c9892 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -317,6 +317,11 @@ try_again:
perf_evsel__name(pos));
rc = -err;
goto out;
+ } else if ((err == EOPNOTSUPP) && (attr->precise_ip)) {
+ ui__error("\'precise\' request may not be supported. "
+ "Try removing 'p' modifier\n");
+ rc = -err;
+ goto out;
}
printf("\n");
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index fb9da71..f2ecd49 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -977,6 +977,10 @@ try_again:
ui__error("Too many events are opened.\n"
"Try again after reducing the number of events\n");
goto out_err;
+ } else if ((err == EOPNOTSUPP) && (attr->precise_ip)) {
+ ui__error("\'precise\' request may not be supported. "
+ "Try removing 'p' modifier\n");
+ goto out_err;
}
ui__error("The sys_perf_event_open() syscall "
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