[PATCHv2 2/4] perf evsel: Print warning for excluding kernel mode instruction tracing

[Doug Anderson]

Hi,

On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 11:05 AM Sai Prakash Ranjan
<saiprakash.ranjan at codeaurora.org> wrote:
>
> Add a warning message to check CONFIG_EXCLUDE_KERNEL_HW_ITRACE kernel
> config which excludes kernel mode instruction tracing to help perf tool
> users identify the perf event open failure when they attempt kernel mode
> tracing with this config enabled.
>
> Tested-by: Denis Nikitin <denik at chromium.org>
> Signed-off-by: Sai Prakash Ranjan <saiprakash.ranjan at codeaurora.org>
> ---
>  tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

I'm not really knowledgeable at all about the perf subsystem so my
review doesn't hold a lot of weight.  However, Sai's patch seems sane
to me.

Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders at chromium.org>