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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/util/evsel.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 25 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c index 5ecf8f836f3088..2a1729e7aee46c 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c @@ -2847,9 +2847,23 @@ static bool find_process(const char *name) return ret ? false : true; } +static bool is_amd(const char *arch, const char *cpuid) +{ + return arch && !strcmp("x86", arch) && cpuid && strstarts(cpuid, "AuthenticAMD"); +} + +static bool is_amd_ibs(struct evsel *evsel) +{ + return evsel->core.attr.precise_ip + || (evsel->pmu_name && !strncmp(evsel->pmu_name, "ibs", 3)); +} + int evsel__open_strerror(struct evsel *evsel, struct target *target, int err, char *msg, size_t size) { + struct perf_env *env = evsel__env(evsel); + const char *arch = perf_env__arch(env); + const char *cpuid = perf_env__cpuid(env); char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE]; int printed = 0, enforced = 0; @@ -2953,6 +2967,17 @@ int evsel__open_strerror(struct evsel *evsel, struct target *target, return scnprintf(msg, size, "Invalid event (%s) in per-thread mode, enable system wide with '-a'.", evsel__name(evsel)); + if (is_amd(arch, cpuid)) { + if (is_amd_ibs(evsel)) { + if (evsel->core.attr.exclude_kernel) + return scnprintf(msg, size, + "AMD IBS can't exclude kernel events. Try running at a higher privilege level."); + if (!evsel->core.system_wide) + return scnprintf(msg, size, + "AMD IBS may only be available in system-wide/per-cpu mode. Try using -a, or -C and workload affinity"); + } + } + break; case ENODATA: return scnprintf(msg, size, "Cannot collect data source with the load latency event alone. " |