Re: perf stat branch: perf stat fails on unsupported event

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri Apr 29 2011 - 10:11:26 EST



* David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Tried the perf stat branch this morning. perf stat fails with:
>
> # /tmp/build-perf/perf stat -- sleep 1
> Error: stalled-cycles-frontend event is not supported.
> Fatal: Not all events could be opened.
>
> This is a Dell R410 with an E5620 processor.

Does the patch below allow the other events to be counted?

Thanks,

Ingo

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 9e596ab..c11ec76 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ static int run_perf_stat(int argc __used, const char **argv)

list_for_each_entry(counter, &evsel_list->entries, node) {
if (create_perf_stat_counter(counter) < 0) {
- if (errno == EINVAL || errno == ENOSYS)
+ if (errno == EINVAL || errno == ENOSYS || errno = ENOENT)
continue;

if (errno == EPERM || errno == EACCES) {
@@ -385,8 +385,6 @@ static int run_perf_stat(int argc __used, const char **argv)
"\t Consider tweaking"
" /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid or running as root.",
system_wide ? "system-wide " : "");
- } else if (errno == ENOENT) {
- error("%s event is not supported. ", event_name(counter));
} else {
error("open_counter returned with %d (%s). "
"/bin/dmesg may provide additional information.\n",
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