The mmap_pages default value is not power of 2 (UINT_MAX). Together with perf_evlist__mmap function returning error value different from EPERM, we get misleading error message: "--mmap_pages/-m value must be a power of two."
Fixing this by adding extra check for UINT_MAX value for this error condition. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> Cc: Paul Mackerras <[email protected]> Cc: Corey Ashford <[email protected]> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <[email protected]> Cc: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]> --- tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c index 3cf7fe2..93dc67e 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c @@ -358,7 +358,8 @@ try_again: "or try again with a smaller value of -m/--mmap_pages.\n" "(current value: %d)\n", opts->mmap_pages); rc = -errno; - } else if (!is_power_of_2(opts->mmap_pages)) { + } else if (!is_power_of_2(opts->mmap_pages) && + (opts->mmap_pages != UINT_MAX)) { pr_err("--mmap_pages/-m value must be a power of two."); rc = -EINVAL; } else { -- 1.7.11.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
