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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/evsel.c18
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index a5da74e3a517..532f34d9fcb5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -2853,7 +2853,8 @@ u64 evsel__intval_common(struct evsel *evsel, struct perf_sample *sample, const
#endif
-bool evsel__fallback(struct evsel *evsel, int err, char *msg, size_t msgsize)
+bool evsel__fallback(struct evsel *evsel, struct target *target, int err,
+ char *msg, size_t msgsize)
{
int paranoid;
@@ -2861,18 +2862,19 @@ bool evsel__fallback(struct evsel *evsel, int err, char *msg, size_t msgsize)
evsel->core.attr.type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE &&
evsel->core.attr.config == PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES) {
/*
- * If it's cycles then fall back to hrtimer based
- * cpu-clock-tick sw counter, which is always available even if
- * no PMU support.
+ * If it's cycles then fall back to hrtimer based cpu-clock sw
+ * counter, which is always available even if no PMU support.
*
* PPC returns ENXIO until 2.6.37 (behavior changed with commit
* b0a873e).
*/
- scnprintf(msg, msgsize, "%s",
-"The cycles event is not supported, trying to fall back to cpu-clock-ticks");
-
evsel->core.attr.type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE;
- evsel->core.attr.config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK;
+ evsel->core.attr.config = target__has_cpu(target)
+ ? PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK
+ : PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK;
+ scnprintf(msg, msgsize,
+ "The cycles event is not supported, trying to fall back to %s",
+ target__has_cpu(target) ? "cpu-clock" : "task-clock");
zfree(&evsel->name);
return true;