[tip:perf/core] perf/abi: Change the errno for sampling event not supported in hardware
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Commit-ID: a1396555abff9ff9b74c2e4da13e27e81fd094b2
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/a1396555abff9ff9b74c2e4da13e27e81fd094b2
Author: Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1 at synopsys.com>
AuthorDate: Mon, 9 May 2016 15:07:40 +0530
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo at kernel.org>
CommitDate: Fri, 3 Jun 2016 09:40:42 +0200
perf/abi: Change the errno for sampling event not supported in hardware
Change the return code for sampling event not supported from -ENOTSUPP
to -EOPNOTSUPP.
This allows userspace to identify this case specifically, instead of
printing the catch-all error message it did previously.
Technically this is an ABI change, but we think we can get away
with it.
Old behavior:
-------
| # perf record ls
| Error:
| The sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with 524 (Unknown error 524)
| for event (cycles:ppp).
| /bin/dmesg may provide additional information.
| No CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y kernel support configured?
New behavior:
-------
| # perf record ls
| Error:
| PMU Hardware doesn't support sampling/overflow-interrupts.
Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta at synopsys.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz at infradead.org>
Cc: <acme at redhat.com>
Cc: <linux-snps-arc at lists.infradead.org>
Cc: <vincent.weaver at maine.edu>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin at linux.intel.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme at redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa at redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds at linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz at infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian at google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver at maine.edu>
Cc: Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1 at synopsys.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1462786660-2900-3-git-send-email-vgupta@synopsys.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo at kernel.org>
---
kernel/events/core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index f94f164..5d48306 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -9309,7 +9309,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
if (is_sampling_event(event)) {
if (event->pmu->capabilities & PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_INTERRUPT) {
- err = -ENOTSUPP;
+ err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
goto err_alloc;
}
}
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