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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-record.c7
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-top.c8
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 87866294a0e..deaee42d5eb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -356,9 +356,6 @@ try_again:
if (fd[nr_cpu][counter] < 0) {
int err = errno;
- if (verbose)
- error("sys_perf_counter_open() syscall returned with %d (%s)\n",
- fd[nr_cpu][counter], strerror(err));
if (err == EPERM)
die("Permission error - are you root?\n");
@@ -376,6 +373,10 @@ try_again:
attr->config = PERF_COUNT_CPU_CLOCK;
goto try_again;
}
+ printf("\n");
+ error("perfcounter syscall returned with %d (%s)\n",
+ fd[nr_cpu][counter], strerror(err));
+ die("No CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS=y kernel support configured?\n");
exit(-1);
}
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 1f8c97d5c32..be1698f1189 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -551,10 +551,6 @@ try_again:
if (fd[i][counter] < 0) {
int err = errno;
- if (verbose)
- error("sys_perf_counter_open() syscall returned with %d (%s)\n",
- fd[i][counter], strerror(err));
-
if (err == EPERM)
die("No permission - are you root?\n");
/*
@@ -572,6 +568,10 @@ try_again:
attr->config = PERF_COUNT_CPU_CLOCK;
goto try_again;
}
+ printf("\n");
+ error("perfcounter syscall returned with %d (%s)\n",
+ fd[i][counter], strerror(err));
+ die("No CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS=y kernel support configured?\n");
exit(-1);
}
assert(fd[i][counter] >= 0);