perf evsel: Provide meaningful warning when trying to use 'aux_output' on older kernels
authorArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Tue, 13 Aug 2019 14:06:38 +0000 (11:06 -0300)
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Wed, 14 Aug 2019 13:59:59 +0000 (10:59 -0300)
commitacb9f2d4755a70e31343f99791aa43b05401b996
tree72d739474b3b374c48ed9f28589c813a7640edc8
parent243384dd25c8ea721c5c82a229eaf33cbd1bfd52
perf evsel: Provide meaningful warning when trying to use 'aux_output' on older kernels

Just like we do with the 'write_backwards' feature:

Before:

  # perf record -e {intel_pt/branch=0/,cycles/aux-output/ppp} uname
  Error:
  The sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with 22 (Invalid argument) for event (cycles/aux-output/ppp).
  /bin/dmesg | grep -i perf may provide additional information.

  #

After:

  # perf record -e {intel_pt/branch=0/,cycles/aux-output/ppp} uname
  Error:
  The 'aux_output' feature is not supported, update the kernel.
  #

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-wgjsjroe1e150c0metgwmqwd@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
tools/perf/util/evsel.c
tools/perf/util/evsel.h