On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 05:31:48PM +0300, Adrian Hunter wrote: > 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> This patch looks good to me. A case is the Linux kernel has supported aux_pause_resume feature, but the PMU event does not support it. So we might consider to add a extra patch in perf: diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c index 927aa61e7b14..9a3191df2ec5 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c @@ -3373,6 +3373,10 @@ int evsel__open_strerror(struct evsel *evsel, struct target *target, return scnprintf(msg, size, "%s: PMU Hardware doesn't support 'aux_output' feature", evsel__name(evsel)); + if (evsel->core.attr.aux_action) + return scnprintf(msg, size, + "%s: PMU Hardware doesn't support 'aux_action' feature", + evsel__name(evsel)); if (evsel->core.attr.sample_period != 0) return scnprintf(msg, size, "%s: PMU Hardware doesn't support sampling/overflow-interrupts. Try 'perf stat'", Thanks, Leo > --- > 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 > >