From 56e52e85366717481cde16b3480f015c7eb32ba3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:10:58 -0300 Subject: perf evsel: Introduce perf_evsel__open_strerror method That consolidates the error messages in 'record', 'stat' and 'top', that now get a consistent set of messages and allow other tools to use the new method to report problems using whatever UI toolkit. Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-1cudb7wl996kz7ilz83ctvhr@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo --- tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+) (limited to 'tools/perf/util/evsel.c') diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c index 0c88e5c12dab..e45332d08a58 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c @@ -1406,3 +1406,52 @@ bool perf_evsel__fallback(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int err, return false; } + +int perf_evsel__open_strerror(struct perf_evsel *evsel, + struct perf_target *target, + int err, char *msg, size_t size) +{ + switch (err) { + case EPERM: + case EACCES: + return scnprintf(msg, size, "%s", + "You may not have permission to collect %sstats.\n" + "Consider tweaking /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid:\n" + " -1 - Not paranoid at all\n" + " 0 - Disallow raw tracepoint access for unpriv\n" + " 1 - Disallow cpu events for unpriv\n" + " 2 - Disallow kernel profiling for unpriv", + target->system_wide ? "system-wide " : ""); + case ENOENT: + return scnprintf(msg, size, "The %s event is not supported.", + perf_evsel__name(evsel)); + case EMFILE: + return scnprintf(msg, size, "%s", + "Too many events are opened.\n" + "Try again after reducing the number of events."); + case ENODEV: + if (target->cpu_list) + return scnprintf(msg, size, "%s", + "No such device - did you specify an out-of-range profile CPU?\n"); + break; + case EOPNOTSUPP: + if (evsel->attr.precise_ip) + return scnprintf(msg, size, "%s", + "\'precise\' request may not be supported. Try removing 'p' modifier."); +#if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__) + if (evsel->attr.type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE) + return scnprintf(msg, size, "%s", + "No hardware sampling interrupt available.\n" + "No APIC? If so then you can boot the kernel with the \"lapic\" boot parameter to force-enable it."); +#endif + break; + default: + break; + } + + return scnprintf(msg, size, + "The sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with %d (%s) for event (%s). \n" + "/bin/dmesg may provide additional information.\n" + "No CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y kernel support configured?\n", + err, strerror(err), perf_evsel__name(evsel)); +} -- cgit