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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/arch')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c index 481e170cd3f1..7f71c8a237ff 100644 --- a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c +++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c @@ -283,9 +283,15 @@ static int cs_etm_set_sink_attr(struct perf_pmu *pmu, ret = perf_pmu__scan_file(pmu, path, "%x", &hash); if (ret != 1) { - pr_err("failed to set sink \"%s\" on event %s with %d (%s)\n", - sink, evsel__name(evsel), errno, - str_error_r(errno, msg, sizeof(msg))); + if (errno == ENOENT) + pr_err("Couldn't find sink \"%s\" on event %s\n" + "Missing kernel or device support?\n\n" + "Hint: An appropriate sink will be picked automatically if one isn't specified.\n", + sink, evsel__name(evsel)); + else + pr_err("Failed to set sink \"%s\" on event %s with %d (%s)\n", + sink, evsel__name(evsel), errno, + str_error_r(errno, msg, sizeof(msg))); return ret; } |