From 5a7ed29c7572d00a75e8c4529e30c5ac2ef82271 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Richter Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 18:26:28 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] perf record: Use sw counter only if hw pmu is not detected Use cpu-clock-tick sw counter for cpu-cycles only if there is no hw pmu available. This is the case if the syscall reports ENOENT. In other cases (e.g. invalid attributes) we don't want the sw counter to be used. Cc: Ingo Molnar Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1333643188-26895-5-git-send-email-robert.richter@amd.com Signed-off-by: Robert Richter Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo --- tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c index be4e1eee782e..10b1f1f25ed7 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c @@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ try_again: * based cpu-clock-tick sw counter, which * is always available even if no PMU support: */ - if (attr->type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE + if (err == ENOENT && attr->type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE && attr->config == PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES) { if (verbose) -- 2.20.1