From 370faf1dd0461ad811852c8abbbcd3d73b1e4fc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ingo Molnar Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:11:03 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] perf stat: Fail softly on unsupported events David Ahern reported this perf stat failure: > # /tmp/build-perf/perf stat -- sleep 1 > Error: stalled-cycles-frontend event is not supported. > Fatal: Not all events could be opened. > > This is a Dell R410 with an E5620 processor. Fail in a softer fashion on unknown/unsupported events. Reported-by: David Ahern Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-7y40wib8n006io7hjpn1dsrm@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c index 9e596ab98d05..c8b535bc27bd 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c @@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ static int run_perf_stat(int argc __used, const char **argv) list_for_each_entry(counter, &evsel_list->entries, node) { if (create_perf_stat_counter(counter) < 0) { - if (errno == EINVAL || errno == ENOSYS) + if (errno == EINVAL || errno == ENOSYS || errno == ENOENT) continue; if (errno == EPERM || errno == EACCES) { @@ -385,8 +385,6 @@ static int run_perf_stat(int argc __used, const char **argv) "\t Consider tweaking" " /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid or running as root.", system_wide ? "system-wide " : ""); - } else if (errno == ENOENT) { - error("%s event is not supported. ", event_name(counter)); } else { error("open_counter returned with %d (%s). " "/bin/dmesg may provide additional information.\n", -- 2.20.1