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1 files changed, 30 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 676b4fb0070f..fc1273e976c5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -850,10 +850,10 @@ try_again:
top.evlist->threads, group, inherit) < 0) {
int err = errno;
- if (err == EPERM || err == EACCES)
- die("Permission error - are you root?\n"
- "\t Consider tweaking"
- " /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid.\n");
+ if (err == EPERM || err == EACCES) {
+ ui__warning_paranoid();
+ goto out_err;
+ }
/*
* If it's cycles then fall back to hrtimer
* based cpu-clock-tick sw counter, which
@@ -861,25 +861,41 @@ try_again:
*/
if (attr->type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE &&
attr->config == PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES) {
-
if (verbose)
- warning(" ... trying to fall back to cpu-clock-ticks\n");
+ ui__warning("Cycles event not supported,\n"
+ "trying to fall back to cpu-clock-ticks\n");
attr->type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE;
attr->config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK;
goto try_again;
}
- printf("\n");
- error("sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with %d "
- "(%s). /bin/dmesg may provide additional information.\n",
- err, strerror(err));
- die("No CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y kernel support configured?\n");
- exit(-1);
+
+ if (err == ENOENT) {
+ ui__warning("The %s event is not supported.\n",
+ event_name(counter));
+ goto out_err;
+ }
+
+ ui__warning("The sys_perf_event_open() syscall "
+ "returned with %d (%s). /bin/dmesg "
+ "may provide additional information.\n"
+ "No CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y kernel support "
+ "configured?\n", err, strerror(err));
+ goto out_err;
}
}
- if (perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, mmap_pages, false) < 0)
- die("failed to mmap with %d (%s)\n", errno, strerror(errno));
+ if (perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, mmap_pages, false) < 0) {
+ ui__warning("Failed to mmap with %d (%s)\n",
+ errno, strerror(errno));
+ goto out_err;
+ }
+
+ return;
+
+out_err:
+ exit_browser(0);
+ exit(0);
}
static int __cmd_top(void)