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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/util/probe-event.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c index 03875f9154e7..93996ec4bbe3 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c @@ -2326,8 +2326,11 @@ static int get_new_event_name(char *buf, size_t len, const char *base, goto out; if (!allow_suffix) { - pr_warning("Error: event \"%s\" already exists. " - "(Use -f to force duplicates.)\n", buf); + pr_warning("Error: event \"%s\" already exists.\n" + " Hint: Remove existing event by 'perf probe -d'\n" + " or force duplicates by 'perf probe -f'\n" + " or set 'force=yes' in BPF source.\n", + buf); ret = -EEXIST; goto out; } |