Adding internal error (PERF_EVLIST__ERRNO_IOCTL_ID_GROUP) for cases when ioctl syscall fails during perf_evlist__mmap call.
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]> Cc: Corey Ashford <[email protected]> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <[email protected]> Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> Cc: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]> Cc: Paul Mackerras <[email protected]> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]> Cc: David Ahern <[email protected]> Cc: Andi Kleen <[email protected]> --- tools/perf/util/evlist.c | 9 ++++++++- tools/perf/util/evlist.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c index 4af0cca..f9c5abd 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c @@ -399,8 +399,10 @@ static int perf_evlist__id_add_fd(struct perf_evlist *evlist, * This way does not work with group format read, so bail * out in that case. */ - if (perf_evlist__read_format(evlist) & PERF_FORMAT_GROUP) + if (perf_evlist__read_format(evlist) & PERF_FORMAT_GROUP) { + SET_ERR(IOCTL_ID_GROUP); return -1; + } if (!(evsel->attr.read_format & PERF_FORMAT_ID) || read(fd, &read_data, sizeof(read_data)) == -1) @@ -676,6 +678,11 @@ static void __perf_evlist__strerror(struct perf_evlist *evlist, case PERF_EVLIST__ERRNO_OPEN: strerror_open(evlist, buf, size); return; + case PERF_EVLIST__ERRNO_IOCTL_ID_GROUP: + scnprintf(buf, size, + "Cannot read event group on this kernel.\n" + "Please consider kernel update (v3.12+).\n"); + return; default: scnprintf(buf, size, "Unknown error\n"); return; diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h index 48ac4c5..e5ce8c7 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h +++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ enum { PERF_EVLIST__ERRNO_SUCCESS = 0, PERF_EVLIST__ERRNO_MMAP = 1, PERF_EVLIST__ERRNO_OPEN = 2, + PERF_EVLIST__ERRNO_IOCTL_ID_GROUP = 3, }; struct perf_mmap { -- 1.8.3.1 -- 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/

