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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c index 42e24149c791..1a9098c697b4 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c @@ -242,9 +242,13 @@ try_again: /* * If it's cycles then fall back to hrtimer * based cpu-clock-tick sw counter, which - * is always available even if no PMU support: + * is always available even if no PMU support. + * + * PPC returns ENXIO until 2.6.37 (behavior changed + * with commit b0a873e). */ - if (err == ENOENT && attr->type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE + if ((err == ENOENT || err == ENXIO) + && attr->type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE && attr->config == PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES) { if (verbose) |