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diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 1932e27c00d8..445a64d19625 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1075,6 +1075,8 @@ struct option __record_options[] = {
"opts", "AUX area tracing Snapshot Mode", ""),
OPT_UINTEGER(0, "proc-map-timeout", &record.opts.proc_map_timeout,
"per thread proc mmap processing timeout in ms"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "switch-events", &record.opts.record_switch_events,
+ "Record context switch events"),
OPT_END()
};
@@ -1102,6 +1104,11 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
" system-wide mode\n");
usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);
}
+ if (rec->opts.record_switch_events &&
+ !perf_can_record_switch_events()) {
+ ui__error("kernel does not support recording context switch events (--switch-events option)\n");
+ usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);
+ }
if (!rec->itr) {
rec->itr = auxtrace_record__init(rec->evlist, &err);