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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	"mingo@elte.hu" <mingo@elte.hu>,
	"Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf record: enable multiplexing scaling via -R
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 13:41:14 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170828204114.GR2482@two.firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABPqkBR=8oKBOPNEugBU2kEiyXAAQCyYQVU8azL_KogSWCjowg@mail.gmail.com>

> So I think we are good to go. to capture multiplexing scaling factor
> when sampling simply use the S
> modifier.
> But to my surprise, newer kernels are not happy with the cmdline:
> $ perf record -e cycles:S  noploop 1
> Error:
> The sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with 22 (Invalid argument)
> for event (cycles:Su).
> /bin/dmesg may provide additional information.
> No CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y kernel support configured?

Likely due to 

ba5213ae6b88 perf/core: Correct event creation with PERF_FORMAT_GROUP

It's not supported with inherited events.

-Andi

  reply	other threads:[~2017-08-28 20:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-08-21 19:14 [PATCH] perf record: enable multiplexing scaling via -R Stephane Eranian
2017-08-21 23:02 ` Andi Kleen
2017-08-22  0:13   ` Stephane Eranian
2017-08-22  1:25     ` Andi Kleen
2017-08-22  7:03       ` Jiri Olsa
2017-08-22  7:24         ` Stephane Eranian
2017-08-28 19:27           ` Stephane Eranian
2017-08-28 20:41             ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2017-08-31  6:21               ` Stephane Eranian
2017-09-01  7:55                 ` Jiri Olsa
2017-09-01  7:59                 ` Jiri Olsa
2017-09-01  8:21                   ` Stephane Eranian
2017-09-01  8:31                     ` Jiri Olsa

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