[tip:perf/core] perf evlist: Add suggestion of how to set perf_event_paranoid sysctl

[tip-bot for Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Commit-ID:  5229e366ee6baeb58b77e09643d2e11cbbd29950
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/5229e366ee6baeb58b77e09643d2e11cbbd29950
Author:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 17:18:54 -0300
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 16:13:12 -0300

perf evlist: Add suggestion of how to set perf_event_paranoid sysctl

Minor hint to speed up problem resolution and get 'trace' working for
non root users.

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Don Zickus <dzickus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-abdqi8km4fj9osrn70q2zj9v@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 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 59ef280..c51223a 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);
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