Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | [PATCH] perf, tools: Improve error messages for missing PMUs | Date | Mon, 11 Sep 2017 17:26:36 -0700 |
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From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
When a PMU is missing print a better error message mentioning the missing PMU.
% mkdir empty % mount --bind empty /sys/devices/msr % perf stat -M Summary true event syntax error: '{inst_retired.any,cycles}:W,{cpu_clk_unhalted.thread}:W,{inst_retired.any}:W,{cpu_clk_unhalted.ref_tsc,msr/tsc/}:W,{fp_comp_ops_exe.sse_scalar..' \___ Cannot find PMU `msr'. Missing kernel support?
It still cannot find the right column for aliases, but it's already a vast improvement.
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> --- tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c | 2 +- tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 17 +++++++++++------ tools/perf/util/parse-events.h | 3 +++ 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c index 2d60114f1870..0794f02cbb8f 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c @@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ int metricgroup__parse_groups(const struct option *opt, memset(&parse_error, 0, sizeof(struct parse_events_error)); ret = parse_events(perf_evlist, extra_events.buf, &parse_error); if (ret) { - pr_err("Cannot set up events %s\n", extra_events.buf); + parse_events_print_error(&parse_error, extra_events.buf); goto out; } strbuf_release(&extra_events); diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c index 97507d5c37dc..69032262a703 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c @@ -1218,11 +1218,16 @@ int parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_state *parse_state, struct perf_pmu_info info; struct perf_pmu *pmu; struct perf_evsel *evsel; + struct parse_events_error *err = parse_state->error; LIST_HEAD(config_terms); pmu = perf_pmu__find(name); - if (!pmu) + if (!pmu) { + (void)asprintf(&err->str, + "Cannot find PMU `%s'. Missing kernel support?", + name); return -EINVAL; + } if (pmu->default_config) { memcpy(&attr, pmu->default_config, @@ -1725,8 +1730,8 @@ static int get_term_width(void) return ws.ws_col > MAX_WIDTH ? MAX_WIDTH : ws.ws_col; } -static void parse_events_print_error(struct parse_events_error *err, - const char *event) +void parse_events_print_error(struct parse_events_error *err, + const char *event) { const char *str = "invalid or unsupported event: "; char _buf[MAX_WIDTH]; @@ -1781,8 +1786,6 @@ static void parse_events_print_error(struct parse_events_error *err, zfree(&err->str); zfree(&err->help); } - - fprintf(stderr, "Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events\n"); } #undef MAX_WIDTH @@ -1794,8 +1797,10 @@ int parse_events_option(const struct option *opt, const char *str, struct parse_events_error err = { .idx = 0, }; int ret = parse_events(evlist, str, &err); - if (ret) + if (ret) { parse_events_print_error(&err, str); + fprintf(stderr, "Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events\n"); + } return ret; } diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h index 635135125111..3909ca0639f2 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h +++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h @@ -202,6 +202,9 @@ int is_valid_tracepoint(const char *event_string); int valid_event_mount(const char *eventfs); char *parse_events_formats_error_string(char *additional_terms); +void parse_events_print_error(struct parse_events_error *err, + const char *event); + #ifdef HAVE_LIBELF_SUPPORT /* * If the probe point starts with '%', -- 2.9.5
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