From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]> Minor hint to speed up problem resolution and get 'trace' working for non root users.
Cc: Adrian Hunter <[email protected]> Cc: David Ahern <[email protected]> Cc: Don Zickus <[email protected]> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <[email protected]> Cc: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]> Cc: Mike Galbraith <[email protected]> Cc: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]> Cc: Paul Mackerras <[email protected]> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> Cc: Stephane Eranian <[email protected]> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]> --- tools/perf/util/evlist.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c index 59ef2802fcf6..c51223ac25f4 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c @@ -1214,10 +1214,11 @@ int perf_evlist__strerror_open(struct perf_evlist *evlist __maybe_unused, "For your workloads it needs to be <= 1\nHint:\t"); } printed += scnprintf(buf + printed, size - printed, - "For system wide tracing it needs to be set to -1"); + "For system wide tracing it needs to be set to -1.\n"); printed += scnprintf(buf + printed, size - printed, - ".\nHint:\tThe current value is %d.", value); + "Hint:\tTry: 'sudo sh -c \"echo -1 > /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid\"'\n" + "Hint:\tThe current value is %d.", value); break; default: scnprintf(buf, size, "%s", emsg); -- 1.9.3 -- 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/
