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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-record.c23
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-top.c20
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/evsel.c28
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/evsel.h3
4 files changed, 37 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index a4b97269cfc6..b8d0a39b484e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ static bool perf_evlist__equal(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
static int perf_record__open(struct perf_record *rec)
{
+ char msg[128];
struct perf_evsel *pos;
struct perf_evlist *evlist = rec->evlist;
struct perf_session *session = rec->session;
@@ -249,27 +250,9 @@ try_again:
goto out;
}
- /*
- * If it's cycles then fall back to hrtimer
- * based cpu-clock-tick sw counter, which
- * is always available even if no PMU support.
- *
- * PPC returns ENXIO until 2.6.37 (behavior changed
- * with commit b0a873e).
- */
- if ((err == ENOENT || err == ENXIO)
- && attr->type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE
- && attr->config == PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES) {
-
+ if (perf_evsel__fallback(pos, err, msg, sizeof(msg))) {
if (verbose)
- ui__warning("The cycles event is not supported, "
- "trying to fall back to cpu-clock-ticks\n");
- attr->type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE;
- attr->config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK;
- if (pos->name) {
- free(pos->name);
- pos->name = NULL;
- }
+ ui__warning("%s\n", msg);
goto try_again;
}
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 74fca619fc4e..8d41d0b58956 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -892,6 +892,7 @@ static void perf_top__mmap_read(struct perf_top *top)
static void perf_top__start_counters(struct perf_top *top)
{
+ char msg[128];
struct perf_evsel *counter;
struct perf_evlist *evlist = top->evlist;
struct perf_record_opts *opts = &top->record_opts;
@@ -909,25 +910,10 @@ try_again:
ui__error_paranoid();
goto out_err;
}
- /*
- * If it's cycles then fall back to hrtimer
- * based cpu-clock-tick sw counter, which
- * is always available even if no PMU support:
- */
- if ((err == ENOENT || err == ENXIO) &&
- (attr->type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE) &&
- (attr->config == PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES)) {
+ if (perf_evsel__fallback(counter, err, msg, sizeof(msg))) {
if (verbose)
- ui__warning("Cycles event not supported,\n"
- "trying to fall back to cpu-clock-ticks\n");
-
- attr->type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE;
- attr->config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK;
- if (counter->name) {
- free(counter->name);
- counter->name = NULL;
- }
+ ui__warning("%s\n", msg);
goto try_again;
}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index ee6ee3f45c2a..0c88e5c12dab 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -1378,3 +1378,31 @@ int perf_evsel__fprintf(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
fputc('\n', fp);
return ++printed;
}
+
+bool perf_evsel__fallback(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int err,
+ char *msg, size_t msgsize)
+{
+ if ((err == ENOENT || err == ENXIO) &&
+ evsel->attr.type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE &&
+ evsel->attr.config == PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES) {
+ /*
+ * If it's cycles then fall back to hrtimer based
+ * cpu-clock-tick sw counter, which is always available even if
+ * no PMU support.
+ *
+ * PPC returns ENXIO until 2.6.37 (behavior changed with commit
+ * b0a873e).
+ */
+ scnprintf(msg, msgsize, "%s",
+"The cycles event is not supported, trying to fall back to cpu-clock-ticks");
+
+ evsel->attr.type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE;
+ evsel->attr.config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK;
+
+ free(evsel->name);
+ evsel->name = NULL;
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ return false;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 9cb8a0215711..26d8cfd86e0a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -251,4 +251,7 @@ struct perf_attr_details {
int perf_evsel__fprintf(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
struct perf_attr_details *details, FILE *fp);
+
+bool perf_evsel__fallback(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int err,
+ char *msg, size_t msgsize);
#endif /* __PERF_EVSEL_H */