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From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org,
Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 12/17] perf record: Remove misleading error suggestion
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 11:32:22 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180420143227.16030-13-acme@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180420143227.16030-1-acme@kernel.org>
From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
When perf record encounters an error setting up an event it suggests
to enable CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS. This is misleading because:
- Usually it is enabled (it is really hard to disable on x86)
- The problem is usually somewhere else, e.g. the CPU is not supported
or an invalid configuration has been used.
Remove the misleading suggestion.
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180406203812.3087-4-andi@firstfloor.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 1ac8d9236efd..66b62570c855 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -2894,8 +2894,7 @@ int perf_evsel__open_strerror(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct target *target,
return scnprintf(msg, size,
"The sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with %d (%s) for event (%s).\n"
- "/bin/dmesg may provide additional information.\n"
- "No CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y kernel support configured?",
+ "/bin/dmesg | grep -i perf may provide additional information.\n",
err, str_error_r(err, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)),
perf_evsel__name(evsel));
}
--
2.14.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-04-20 14:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-04-20 14:32 [GIT PULL 00/17] perf/urgent fixes and improvements Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-04-20 14:32 ` [PATCH 02/17] perf/core: Store context switch out type in PERF_RECORD_SWITCH[_CPU_WIDE] Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-04-20 14:32 ` [PATCH 03/17] perf report: Extend raw dump (-D) out with switch out event type Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-04-20 14:32 ` [PATCH 04/17] perf script: Extend misc field decoding " Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-04-20 14:32 ` [PATCH 05/17] perf list: Add s390 support for detailed/verbose PMU event description Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-04-20 14:32 ` [PATCH 06/17] perf: Return proper values for user stack errors Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-04-20 14:32 ` [PATCH 07/17] perf: Fix sample_max_stack maximum check Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-04-20 14:32 ` [PATCH 08/17] perf: Remove superfluous allocation error check Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-04-20 14:32 ` [PATCH 09/17] perf trace: Support MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-04-20 14:32 ` [PATCH 10/17] perf mem: Allow all record/report options Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-04-20 14:32 ` [PATCH 11/17] perf hists browser: Clarify top/report browser help Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-04-20 14:32 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2018-04-20 14:32 ` [PATCH 13/17] perf record: Remove suggestion to enable APIC Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-04-20 14:32 ` [PATCH 14/17] perf tools: Add '\n' at the end of parse-options error messages Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-04-20 14:32 ` [PATCH 15/17] perf tests mmap: Show which tracepoint is failing Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-04-20 14:32 ` [PATCH 16/17] perf test BPF: Fixup BPF test using epoll_pwait syscall function probe Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-04-20 14:32 ` [PATCH 17/17] coresight: Move to SPDX identifier Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-04-21 7:39 ` [GIT PULL 00/17] perf/urgent fixes and improvements Ingo Molnar
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