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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-top.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 7e2e72e6d9d1..84fd6368ed6d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -1279,8 +1279,11 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
if (target__none(target))
target->system_wide = true;
- if (perf_evlist__create_maps(top.evlist, target) < 0)
- usage_with_options(top_usage, options);
+ if (perf_evlist__create_maps(top.evlist, target) < 0) {
+ ui__error("Couldn't create thread/CPU maps: %s\n",
+ errno == ENOENT ? "No such process" : strerror_r(errno, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf)));
+ goto out_delete_evlist;
+ }
if (!top.evlist->nr_entries &&
perf_evlist__add_default(top.evlist) < 0) {