From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751825AbdIMNeI (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Sep 2017 09:34:08 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:44806 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751043AbdIMNeE (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Sep 2017 09:34:04 -0400 DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org CBE092133D Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=acme@kernel.org Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 10:34:01 -0300 From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo To: Andi Kleen Cc: jolsa@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf, tools: Improve error messages for missing PMUs Message-ID: <20170913133401.GE5866@kernel.org> References: <20170912002636.29665-1-andi@firstfloor.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20170912002636.29665-1-andi@firstfloor.org> X-Url: http://acmel.wordpress.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.8.3 (2017-05-23) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Em Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 05:26:36PM -0700, Andi Kleen escreveu: > From: Andi Kleen > > When a PMU is missing print a better error message mentioning > the missing PMU. > > % mkdir empty > % mount --bind empty /sys/devices/msr > % perf stat -M Summary true > event syntax error: '{inst_retired.any,cycles}:W,{cpu_clk_unhalted.thread}:W,{inst_retired.any}:W,{cpu_clk_unhalted.ref_tsc,msr/tsc/}:W,{fp_comp_ops_exe.sse_scalar..' > \___ Cannot find PMU `msr'. Missing kernel support? > > It still cannot find the right column for aliases, but it's already a vast improvement. CC /tmp/build/perf/util/parse-events.o util/parse-events.c: In function ‘__parse_events_add_pmu’: util/parse-events.c:1227:3: error: ignoring return value of ‘asprintf’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Werror=unused-result] (void)asprintf(&err->str, ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Cannot find PMU `%s'. Missing kernel support?", ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ name); ~~~~~ cc1: all warnings being treated as errors mv: cannot stat '/tmp/build/perf/util/.parse-events.o.tmp': No such file or directory make[4]: *** [/home/acme/git/linux/tools/build/Makefile.build:95: /tmp/build/perf/util/parse-events.o] Error 1 make[3]: *** [/home/acme/git/linux/tools/build/Makefile.build:138: util] Error 2 make[2]: *** [Makefile.perf:595: /tmp/build/perf/libperf-in.o] Error 2 make[1]: *** [Makefile.perf:210: sub-make] Error 2 make: *** [Makefile:109: install-bin] Error 2 make: Leaving directory '/home/acme/git/linux/tools/perf'