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From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org,
	Kan Liang <Kan.liang@intel.com>, Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 04/28] perf top: Fix annoying fallback message on older kernels
Date: Mon,  5 Mar 2018 11:29:08 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180305142932.16921-5-acme@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180305142932.16921-1-acme@kernel.org>

From: Kan Liang <Kan.liang@intel.com>

On older (e.g. v4.4) kernels, an annoying fallback message can be
observed in 'perf top':

	┌─Warning:──────────────────────┐
	│fall back to non-overwrite mode│
	│                               │
	│                               │
	│Press any key...               │
	└───────────────────────────────┘

The 'perf top' utility has been changed to overwrite mode since commit
ebebbf082357 ("perf top: Switch default mode to overwrite mode").

For older kernels which don't have overwrite mode support, 'perf top'
will fall back to non-overwrite mode and print out the fallback message
using ui__warning(), which needs user's input to close.

The fallback message is not critical for end users. Turning it to debug
message which is printed when running with -vv.

Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com>
Fixes: ebebbf082357 ("perf top: Switch default mode to overwrite mode")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1519669030-176549-1-git-send-email-kan.liang@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-top.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index b7c823ba8374..35ac016fcb98 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ static int perf_top_overwrite_fallback(struct perf_top *top,
 	evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, counter)
 		counter->attr.write_backward = false;
 	opts->overwrite = false;
-	ui__warning("fall back to non-overwrite mode\n");
+	pr_debug2("fall back to non-overwrite mode\n");
 	return 1;
 }
 
-- 
2.14.3

  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-03-05 14:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-03-05 14:29 [GIT PULL 00/28] perf/core improvements and fixes Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-05 14:29 ` [PATCH 01/28] perf kallsyms: Fix the usage on the man page Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-05 14:29 ` [PATCH 02/28] perf stat: Use xyarray dimensions to iterate fds Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-05 14:29 ` [PATCH 03/28] perf cgroup: Simplify arguments when tracking multiple events Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-05 14:29 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2018-03-05 14:29 ` [PATCH 05/28] perf stat: Ignore error thread when enabling system-wide --per-thread Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-05 14:29 ` [PATCH 06/28] perf annotate browser: Be more robust when drawing jump arrows Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-05 14:29 ` [PATCH 07/28] perf tests: Switch trace+probe_libc_inet_pton to use record Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-05 14:29 ` [PATCH 08/28] perf tests: Rename trace+probe_libc_inet_pton to record+probe_libc_inet_pton Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-05 14:29 ` [PATCH 09/28] perf record: Allow asking for the maximum allowed sample rate Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-05 14:29 ` [PATCH 10/28] perf top browser: Show sample_freq in browser title line Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-05 14:29 ` [PATCH 11/28] perf top: Allow asking for the maximum allowed sample rate Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-05 14:29 ` [PATCH 12/28] perf record: Throttle user defined frequencies to the maximum allowed Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-05 14:29 ` [PATCH 13/28] perf annotate: Find 'call' instruction target symbol at parsing time Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-05 14:29 ` [PATCH 14/28] perf record: Fix crash in pipe mode Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-05 14:29 ` [PATCH 15/28] perf kvm: Switch to new perf_mmap__read_event() interface Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-05 14:29 ` [PATCH 16/28] perf trace: " Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-05 14:29 ` [PATCH 17/28] perf python: " Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-05 14:29 ` [PATCH 18/28] perf test: Switch to new perf_mmap__read_event() interface for bpf Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-05 14:29 ` [PATCH 19/28] perf test: Switch to new perf_mmap__read_event() interface for 'code reading' test Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-05 14:29 ` [PATCH 20/28] perf test: Switch to new perf_mmap__read_event() interface for "keep tracking" test Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-05 14:29 ` [PATCH 21/28] perf test: Switch to new perf_mmap__read_event() interface for mmap-basic Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-05 14:29 ` [PATCH 22/28] perf test: Switch to new perf_mmap__read_event() interface for tp fields Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-05 14:29 ` [PATCH 23/28] perf test: Switch to new perf_mmap__read_event() interface for perf-record Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-05 14:29 ` [PATCH 24/28] perf test: Switch to new perf_mmap__read_event() interface for time-to-tsc Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-05 14:29 ` [PATCH 25/28] perf test: Switch to new perf_mmap__read_event() interface for sw-clock Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-05 14:29 ` [PATCH 26/28] perf test: Switch to new perf_mmap__read_event() interface for switch-tracking Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-05 14:29 ` [PATCH 27/28] perf test: Switch to new perf_mmap__read_event() interface for task-exit Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-05 14:29 ` [PATCH 28/28] perf mmap: Discard legacy interfaces for mmap read forward Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2018-03-06  6:35 ` [GIT PULL 00/28] perf/core improvements and fixes Ingo Molnar

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