linux-kernel - [PATCH 09/11] perf top: error handling for counter creation should parallel perf-record

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Date:	Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:25:54 -0600
From:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:	acme@...stprotocols.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
Subject: [PATCH 09/11] perf top: error handling for counter creation should parallel perf-record

5a7ed29 fixed up perf-record but not perf-top. Similar argument
holds for it -- fallback to PMU only if it does not exist and handle
invalid attributes separately.

Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-top.c |    6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index e3cab5f..0ce665c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -943,8 +943,10 @@ try_again:
 			 * based cpu-clock-tick sw counter, which
 			 * is always available even if no PMU support:
 			 */
-			if (attr->type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE &&
-			    attr->config == PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES) {
+			if ((err == ENOENT || err == ENXIO)
+				&& attr->type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE
+				&& attr->config == PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES) {
+
 				if (verbose)
 					ui__warning("Cycles event not supported,\n"
 						    "trying to fall back to cpu-clock-ticks\n");
-- 
1.7.10.1

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