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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c index 87f98fd..0e519c6 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c @@ -307,6 +307,12 @@ try_again: printf("\n"); error("perfcounter syscall returned with %d (%s)\n", fd[nr_cpu][counter], strerror(err)); + +#if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__) + if (attr->type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE && err == EOPNOTSUPP) + die("No hardware sampling interrupt available. No APIC? If so then you can boot the kernel with the \"lapic\" boot parameter to force-enable it.\n"); +#endif + die("No CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y kernel support configured?\n"); exit(-1); } |
