From: Jack Henschel <jackdev@mailbox.org>
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com>,
Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jack Henschel <jackdev@mailbox.org>
Subject: [PATCH] perf parser: Improve error message for PMU address filters
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 11:08:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170905090839.1619-1-jackdev@mailbox.org> (raw)
This patch improves the error message of the perf events parser
when the PMU hardware does not support address filters.
Previously, the perf returned the following error:
> --filter option should follow a -e tracepoint or HW tracer option
This implies there is some syntax error present in the command line,
which is not true. Rather, notify the user that the CPU does not have
support for this feature.
For example, Intel chips based on the Broadwell micro-archticture have
the Intel PT PMU, but do not support address filtering.
Signed-off-by: Jack Henschel <jackdev@mailbox.org>
---
tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 20 ++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index f44aeba51d1f..672b6d9423e9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -1833,8 +1833,11 @@ static int set_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel, const void *arg)
int nr_addr_filters = 0;
struct perf_pmu *pmu = NULL;
- if (evsel == NULL)
- goto err;
+ if (evsel == NULL) {
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ "--filter option should follow a -e tracepoint or HW tracer option\n");
+ return -1;
+ }
if (evsel->attr.type == PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT) {
if (perf_evsel__append_tp_filter(evsel, str) < 0) {
@@ -1856,8 +1859,11 @@ static int set_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel, const void *arg)
perf_pmu__scan_file(pmu, "nr_addr_filters",
"%d", &nr_addr_filters);
- if (!nr_addr_filters)
- goto err;
+ if (!nr_addr_filters) {
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ "This CPU does not support address filtering\n");
+ return -1;
+ }
if (perf_evsel__append_addr_filter(evsel, str) < 0) {
fprintf(stderr,
@@ -1866,12 +1872,6 @@ static int set_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel, const void *arg)
}
return 0;
-
-err:
- fprintf(stderr,
- "--filter option should follow a -e tracepoint or HW tracer option\n");
-
- return -1;
}
int parse_filter(const struct option *opt, const char *str,
--
2.14.1
next reply other threads:[~2017-09-05 9:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-09-05 9:08 Jack Henschel [this message]
2017-10-19 19:37 ` [PATCH] perf parser: Improve error message for PMU address filters Jack Henschel
2017-10-19 19:57 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2018-07-04 9:54 Jack Henschel
2018-07-04 10:24 ` Jiri Olsa
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