There may be multiple reasons for EOPNOTSUPP. Sometimes we cannot determine
which one it is.
For example, when we set up uprobe with 32-bit perf and arm64 kernel on
some hardware that does not support sampling/overflow-interrupts,
$ perf probe -x /lib/libc.so.6 malloc
$ perf record -e probe_libc:malloc -a ls
Before this patch:
probe_libc:malloc: PMU Hardware doesn't support sampling/overflow-interrupts.
Try 'perf stat'
After this patch:
probe_libc:malloc: PMU Hardware may not support sampling/overflow-interrupts.
Try 'perf stat'.
Some 64-bit architectures may not support 32-bit instruction probing.
Signed-off-by: He Zhe <zhe...@windriver.com>
---
tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 18 ++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 1bf76864c4f2..aa56511ddf60 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -2697,22 +2697,24 @@ int evsel__open_strerror(struct evsel *evsel, struct
target *target,
break;
case EOPNOTSUPP:
if (evsel->core.attr.aux_output)
- return scnprintf(msg, size,
- "%s: PMU Hardware doesn't support 'aux_output' feature",
+ printed += scnprintf(msg + printed, size,
+ "%s: PMU Hardware may not support 'aux_output' feature.\n",
evsel__name(evsel));
if (evsel->core.attr.sample_period != 0)
- return scnprintf(msg, size,
- "%s: PMU Hardware doesn't support sampling/overflow-interrupts. Try
'perf stat'",
+ printed += scnprintf(msg + printed, size,
+ "%s: PMU Hardware doesn't support sampling/overflow-interrupts. Try
'perf stat'.\n",
evsel__name(evsel));
if (evsel->core.attr.precise_ip)
- return scnprintf(msg, size, "%s",
- "\'precise\' request may not be supported. Try removing 'p' modifier.");
+ printed += scnprintf(msg + printed, size, "%s",
+ "\'precise\' request may not be supported. Try removing 'p'
modifier.\n");
#if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__)
if (evsel->core.attr.type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE)
- return scnprintf(msg, size, "%s",
+ printed += scnprintf(msg + printed, size, "%s",
"No hardware sampling interrupt available.\n");
#endif
- break;
+ scnprintf(msg + printed, size, "%s",
+ "Some 64-bit architectures may not support 32-bit instruction
uprobe.\n");
+ return;
case EBUSY:
if (find_process("oprofiled"))
return scnprintf(msg, size,
--
2.17.1
