Display "feature is not supported" error message if aux_start_paused, aux_pause or aux_resume result in a perf_event_open() error. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 10 +++++++++- tools/perf/util/evsel.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c index d34ceab9e454..927aa61e7b14 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c @@ -2147,7 +2147,13 @@ bool evsel__detect_missing_features(struct evsel *evsel) * Must probe features in the order they were added to the * perf_event_attr interface. */ - if (!perf_missing_features.branch_counters && + if (!perf_missing_features.aux_pause_resume && + (evsel->core.attr.aux_pause || evsel->core.attr.aux_resume || + evsel->core.attr.aux_start_paused)) { + perf_missing_features.aux_pause_resume = true; + pr_debug2_peo("Kernel has no aux_pause/aux_resume support, bailing out\n"); + return false; + } else if (!perf_missing_features.branch_counters && (evsel->core.attr.branch_sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COUNTERS)) { perf_missing_features.branch_counters = true; pr_debug2("switching off branch counters support\n"); @@ -3397,6 +3403,8 @@ int evsel__open_strerror(struct evsel *evsel, struct target *target, return scnprintf(msg, size, "clockid feature not supported."); if (perf_missing_features.clockid_wrong) return scnprintf(msg, size, "wrong clockid (%d).", clockid); + if (perf_missing_features.aux_pause_resume) + return scnprintf(msg, size, "The 'aux_pause / aux_resume' feature is not supported, update the kernel."); if (perf_missing_features.aux_output) return scnprintf(msg, size, "The 'aux_output' feature is not supported, update the kernel."); if (!target__has_cpu(target)) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h index 15e745a9a798..778fcdb8261f 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h +++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h @@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ struct perf_missing_features { bool weight_struct; bool read_lost; bool branch_counters; + bool aux_pause_resume; }; extern struct perf_missing_features perf_missing_features; -- 2.43.0