perf evsel: Introduce perf_evsel__open_strerror method
That consolidates the error messages in 'record', 'stat' and 'top', that
now get a consistent set of messages and allow other tools to use the
new method to report problems using whatever UI toolkit.
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-1cudb7wl996kz7ilz83ctvhr@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 0c88e5c..e45332d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -1406,3 +1406,52 @@
return false;
}
+
+int perf_evsel__open_strerror(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+ struct perf_target *target,
+ int err, char *msg, size_t size)
+{
+ switch (err) {
+ case EPERM:
+ case EACCES:
+ return scnprintf(msg, size, "%s",
+ "You may not have permission to collect %sstats.\n"
+ "Consider tweaking /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid:\n"
+ " -1 - Not paranoid at all\n"
+ " 0 - Disallow raw tracepoint access for unpriv\n"
+ " 1 - Disallow cpu events for unpriv\n"
+ " 2 - Disallow kernel profiling for unpriv",
+ target->system_wide ? "system-wide " : "");
+ case ENOENT:
+ return scnprintf(msg, size, "The %s event is not supported.",
+ perf_evsel__name(evsel));
+ case EMFILE:
+ return scnprintf(msg, size, "%s",
+ "Too many events are opened.\n"
+ "Try again after reducing the number of events.");
+ case ENODEV:
+ if (target->cpu_list)
+ return scnprintf(msg, size, "%s",
+ "No such device - did you specify an out-of-range profile CPU?\n");
+ break;
+ case EOPNOTSUPP:
+ if (evsel->attr.precise_ip)
+ return scnprintf(msg, size, "%s",
+ "\'precise\' request may not be supported. Try removing 'p' modifier.");
+#if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__)
+ if (evsel->attr.type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE)
+ return scnprintf(msg, size, "%s",
+ "No hardware sampling interrupt available.\n"
+ "No APIC? If so then you can boot the kernel with the \"lapic\" boot parameter to force-enable it.");
+#endif
+ break;
+ default:
+ break;
+ }
+
+ return scnprintf(msg, size,
+ "The sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with %d (%s) for event (%s). \n"
+ "/bin/dmesg may provide additional information.\n"
+ "No CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y kernel support configured?\n",
+ err, strerror(err), perf_evsel__name(evsel));
+}