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Date:	Sun, 7 Jun 2009 15:51:32 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, acme@...hat.com, paulus@...ba.org,
	hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl,
	efault@....de, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:perfcounters/core] perf_counter tools: Handle kernels with !CONFIG_PERF_COUNTER

Commit-ID:  30c806a094493beb7691bc7957dfa02dee96230a
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/30c806a094493beb7691bc7957dfa02dee96230a
Author:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
AuthorDate: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 17:46:24 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 17:46:24 +0200

perf_counter tools: Handle kernels with !CONFIG_PERF_COUNTER

If perf is run on a !CONFIG_PERF_COUNTER kernel right now it
bails out with no messages or with confusing messages.

Standardize this case some more and explain the situation.

Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>


---
 tools/perf/builtin-record.c |    7 ++++---
 tools/perf/builtin-top.c    |    8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 8786629..deaee42 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -356,9 +356,6 @@ try_again:
 	if (fd[nr_cpu][counter] < 0) {
 		int err = errno;
 
-		if (verbose)
-			error("sys_perf_counter_open() syscall returned with %d (%s)\n",
-				fd[nr_cpu][counter], strerror(err));
 		if (err == EPERM)
 			die("Permission error - are you root?\n");
 
@@ -376,6 +373,10 @@ try_again:
 			attr->config = PERF_COUNT_CPU_CLOCK;
 			goto try_again;
 		}
+		printf("\n");
+		error("perfcounter syscall returned with %d (%s)\n",
+			fd[nr_cpu][counter], strerror(err));
+		die("No CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS=y kernel support configured?\n");
 		exit(-1);
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 1f8c97d..be1698f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -551,10 +551,6 @@ try_again:
 	if (fd[i][counter] < 0) {
 		int err = errno;
 
-		if (verbose)
-			error("sys_perf_counter_open() syscall returned with %d (%s)\n",
-				fd[i][counter], strerror(err));
-
 		if (err == EPERM)
 			die("No permission - are you root?\n");
 		/*
@@ -572,6 +568,10 @@ try_again:
 			attr->config = PERF_COUNT_CPU_CLOCK;
 			goto try_again;
 		}
+		printf("\n");
+		error("perfcounter syscall returned with %d (%s)\n",
+			fd[i][counter], strerror(err));
+		die("No CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS=y kernel support configured?\n");
 		exit(-1);
 	}
 	assert(fd[i][counter] >= 0);
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