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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-stat.c35
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 147a27e8c937..30e6b374e095 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ static bool interval_count;
static const char *output_name;
static int output_fd;
static int print_free_counters_hint;
+static int print_mixed_hw_group_error;
struct perf_stat {
bool record;
@@ -1126,6 +1127,30 @@ static void abs_printout(int id, int nr, struct perf_evsel *evsel, double avg)
fprintf(output, "%s%s", csv_sep, evsel->cgrp->name);
}
+static bool is_mixed_hw_group(struct perf_evsel *counter)
+{
+ struct perf_evlist *evlist = counter->evlist;
+ u32 pmu_type = counter->attr.type;
+ struct perf_evsel *pos;
+
+ if (counter->nr_members < 2)
+ return false;
+
+ evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, pos) {
+ /* software events can be part of any hardware group */
+ if (pos->attr.type == PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE)
+ continue;
+ if (pmu_type == PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE) {
+ pmu_type = pos->attr.type;
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (pmu_type != pos->attr.type)
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ return false;
+}
+
static void printout(int id, int nr, struct perf_evsel *counter, double uval,
char *prefix, u64 run, u64 ena, double noise,
struct runtime_stat *st)
@@ -1178,8 +1203,11 @@ static void printout(int id, int nr, struct perf_evsel *counter, double uval,
counter->supported ? CNTR_NOT_COUNTED : CNTR_NOT_SUPPORTED,
csv_sep);
- if (counter->supported)
+ if (counter->supported) {
print_free_counters_hint = 1;
+ if (is_mixed_hw_group(counter))
+ print_mixed_hw_group_error = 1;
+ }
fprintf(stat_config.output, "%-*s%s",
csv_output ? 0 : unit_width,
@@ -1757,6 +1785,11 @@ static void print_footer(void)
" echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog\n"
" perf stat ...\n"
" echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog\n");
+
+ if (print_mixed_hw_group_error)
+ fprintf(output,
+ "The events in group usually have to be from "
+ "the same PMU. Try reorganizing the group.\n");
}
static void print_counters(struct timespec *ts, int argc, const char **argv)