linux-kernel - [PATCH 04/11] perf stat: Only print NMI watchdog hint when enabled

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Date:   Tue,  6 Jun 2017 16:26:43 -0300
From:   Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 04/11] perf stat: Only print NMI watchdog hint when enabled

From: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>

Only print the NMI watchdog hint when that watchdog it actually enabled.

This avoids printing these unnecessarily.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-lnw7edxnqsphkmeew857wz1i@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index a935b5023732..ad9324d1daf9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -1578,6 +1578,7 @@ static void print_header(int argc, const char **argv)
 static void print_footer(void)
 {
 	FILE *output = stat_config.output;
+	int n;
 
 	if (!null_run)
 		fprintf(output, "\n");
@@ -1590,7 +1591,9 @@ static void print_footer(void)
 	}
 	fprintf(output, "\n\n");
 
-	if (print_free_counters_hint)
+	if (print_free_counters_hint &&
+	    sysctl__read_int("kernel/nmi_watchdog", &n) >= 0 &&
+	    n > 0)
 		fprintf(output,
 "Some events weren't counted. Try disabling the NMI watchdog:\n"
 "	echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog\n"
-- 
2.9.4