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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 74fca61..8d41d0b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -892,6 +892,7 @@ static void perf_top__mmap_read(struct perf_top *top)
static void perf_top__start_counters(struct perf_top *top)
{
+ char msg[128];
struct perf_evsel *counter;
struct perf_evlist *evlist = top->evlist;
struct perf_record_opts *opts = &top->record_opts;
@@ -909,25 +910,10 @@ try_again:
ui__error_paranoid();
goto out_err;
}
- /*
- * If it's cycles then fall back to hrtimer
- * based cpu-clock-tick sw counter, which
- * is always available even if no PMU support:
- */
- if ((err == ENOENT || err == ENXIO) &&
- (attr->type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE) &&
- (attr->config == PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES)) {
+ if (perf_evsel__fallback(counter, err, msg, sizeof(msg))) {
if (verbose)
- ui__warning("Cycles event not supported,\n"
- "trying to fall back to cpu-clock-ticks\n");
-
- attr->type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE;
- attr->config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK;
- if (counter->name) {
- free(counter->name);
- counter->name = NULL;
- }
+ ui__warning("%s\n", msg);
goto try_again;
}
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