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authorJames Clark <james.clark@arm.com>2023-01-24 14:02:20 +0300
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2023-01-27 21:00:34 +0300
commit6bc75b4c9042325e62fe43f73161b17b5687be6c (patch)
treebe5c88b9dede8cf25b9427cd9d48f6b32bc041d6 /tools/perf
parent0b58d89b1e7ca46ca4f7457a6aacb2ce6ce75051 (diff)
downloadlinux-6bc75b4c9042325e62fe43f73161b17b5687be6c.tar.xz
perf cs-etm: Improve missing sink warning message
Make the sink error message more similar to the event error message that reminds about missing kernel support. The available sinks are also determined by the hardware so mention that too. Also, usually it's not necessary to specify the sink, so add that as a hint. Now the error for a made up sink looks like this: $ perf record -e cs_etm/@abc/ Couldn't find sink "abc" on event cs_etm/@abc/. Missing kernel or device support? Hint: An appropriate sink will be picked automatically if one isn't is specified. For any error other than ENOENT, the same message as before is displayed. Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com> Acked-by: Suzuki Poulouse <suzuki.poulose@arm.com> Suggested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ec7502e6-b406-3997-c2a5-24f98e5c4854@arm.com Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com> Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@linaro.org> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> Cc: Mike Leach <mike.leach@linaro.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Cc: coresight@lists.linaro.org Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230124110220.460551-1-james.clark@arm.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf')
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c12
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c
index 481e170cd3f1..7f71c8a237ff 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c
@@ -283,9 +283,15 @@ static int cs_etm_set_sink_attr(struct perf_pmu *pmu,
ret = perf_pmu__scan_file(pmu, path, "%x", &hash);
if (ret != 1) {
- pr_err("failed to set sink \"%s\" on event %s with %d (%s)\n",
- sink, evsel__name(evsel), errno,
- str_error_r(errno, msg, sizeof(msg)));
+ if (errno == ENOENT)
+ pr_err("Couldn't find sink \"%s\" on event %s\n"
+ "Missing kernel or device support?\n\n"
+ "Hint: An appropriate sink will be picked automatically if one isn't specified.\n",
+ sink, evsel__name(evsel));
+ else
+ pr_err("Failed to set sink \"%s\" on event %s with %d (%s)\n",
+ sink, evsel__name(evsel), errno,
+ str_error_r(errno, msg, sizeof(msg)));
return ret;
}