If detection fails and an event name is unknown, report the type number. Example perf header output:
# Samples: 10K of event 'unknown attr type: 7' Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.rich...@amd.com> --- tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c index 6c7dcc1..7ff3c8f 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c @@ -319,7 +319,8 @@ const char *perf_evsel__name(struct perf_evsel *evsel) break; default: - scnprintf(bf, sizeof(bf), "%s", "unknown attr type"); + scnprintf(bf, sizeof(bf), "unknown attr type: %d", + evsel->attr.type); break; } -- 1.7.8.6 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/