Enhancing the 'Too many events are opened.' error message with hint to use use 'ulimit -n <limit>' command.
Before: $ perf record -e 'sched:*,syscalls:*' ls Error: Too many events are opened. Try again after reducing the number of events. Now: $ perf record -e 'sched:*,syscalls:*' ls Error: Too many events are opened. Probably the maximum number of open file descriptors has been reached. Hint: Try again after reducing the number of events. Hint: Try increasing the limit with 'ulimit -n <limit>' Cc: Michael Petlan <mpet...@redhat.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-vfe0a2oxr4ga4ipl3nd90...@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jo...@kernel.org> --- tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c index c886b9f7a48d..a3e36fc634dc 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c @@ -2149,7 +2149,9 @@ int perf_evsel__open_strerror(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct target *target, case EMFILE: return scnprintf(msg, size, "%s", "Too many events are opened.\n" - "Try again after reducing the number of events."); + "Probably the maximum number of open file descriptors has been reached.\n" + "Hint: Try again after reducing the number of events.\n" + "Hint: Try increasing the limit with 'ulimit -n <limit>'"); case ENODEV: if (target->cpu_list) return scnprintf(msg, size, "%s", -- 1.9.3 -- 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/
