summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/tools/perf
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf')
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-trace.c37
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 19ddcab..5496546 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -1590,17 +1590,13 @@ static int trace__run(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv)
}
if (perf_evlist__add_newtp(evlist, "raw_syscalls", "sys_enter", trace__sys_enter) ||
- perf_evlist__add_newtp(evlist, "raw_syscalls", "sys_exit", trace__sys_exit)) {
- fprintf(trace->output, "Couldn't read the raw_syscalls tracepoints information!\n");
- goto out_delete_evlist;
- }
+ perf_evlist__add_newtp(evlist, "raw_syscalls", "sys_exit", trace__sys_exit))
+ goto out_error_tp;
if (trace->sched &&
- perf_evlist__add_newtp(evlist, "sched", "sched_stat_runtime",
- trace__sched_stat_runtime)) {
- fprintf(trace->output, "Couldn't read the sched_stat_runtime tracepoint information!\n");
- goto out_delete_evlist;
- }
+ perf_evlist__add_newtp(evlist, "sched", "sched_stat_runtime",
+ trace__sched_stat_runtime))
+ goto out_error_tp;
err = perf_evlist__create_maps(evlist, &trace->opts.target);
if (err < 0) {
@@ -1717,6 +1713,29 @@ out_delete_evlist:
out:
trace->live = false;
return err;
+out_error_tp:
+ switch(errno) {
+ case ENOENT:
+ fputs("Error:\tUnable to find debugfs\n"
+ "Hint:\tWas your kernel was compiled with debugfs support?\n"
+ "Hint:\tIs the debugfs filesystem mounted?\n"
+ "Hint:\tTry 'sudo mount -t debugfs nodev /sys/kernel/debug'\n",
+ trace->output);
+ break;
+ case EACCES:
+ fprintf(trace->output,
+ "Error:\tNo permissions to read %s/tracing/events/raw_syscalls\n"
+ "Hint:\tTry 'sudo mount -o remount,mode=755 %s'\n",
+ debugfs_mountpoint, debugfs_mountpoint);
+ break;
+ default: {
+ char bf[256];
+ fprintf(trace->output, "Can't trace: %s\n",
+ strerror_r(errno, bf, sizeof(bf)));
+ }
+ break;
+ }
+ goto out_delete_evlist;
}
static int trace__replay(struct trace *trace)
OpenPOWER on IntegriCloud