X-Git-Url: https://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pandora-kernel.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=tools%2Fperf%2Fbuiltin-top.c;h=7e3d6e310bf839f09e5d6afed39c8c1530a13807;hp=676b4fb0070f09be3d09fcb253f776754f7f711c;hb=9748d4d2b482e66d7024b4518ee0788521761801;hpb=3a80e52486eff1221ece5902b423da59f263069d

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 676b4fb0070f..7e3d6e310bf8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -845,15 +845,16 @@ static void start_counters(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 		}
 
 		attr->mmap = 1;
+		attr->inherit = inherit;
 try_again:
 		if (perf_evsel__open(counter, top.evlist->cpus,
-				     top.evlist->threads, group, inherit) < 0) {
+				     top.evlist->threads, group) < 0) {
 			int err = errno;
 
-			if (err == EPERM || err == EACCES)
-				die("Permission error - are you root?\n"
-					"\t Consider tweaking"
-					" /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid.\n");
+			if (err == EPERM || err == EACCES) {
+				ui__warning_paranoid();
+				goto out_err;
+			}
 			/*
 			 * If it's cycles then fall back to hrtimer
 			 * based cpu-clock-tick sw counter, which
@@ -861,25 +862,41 @@ try_again:
 			 */
 			if (attr->type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE &&
 			    attr->config == PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES) {
-
 				if (verbose)
-					warning(" ... trying to fall back to cpu-clock-ticks\n");
+					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;
 				goto try_again;
 			}
-			printf("\n");
-			error("sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with %d "
-			      "(%s).  /bin/dmesg may provide additional information.\n",
-			      err, strerror(err));
-			die("No CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y kernel support configured?\n");
-			exit(-1);
+
+			if (err == ENOENT) {
+				ui__warning("The %s event is not supported.\n",
+					    event_name(counter));
+				goto out_err;
+			}
+
+			ui__warning("The sys_perf_event_open() syscall "
+				    "returned with %d (%s).  /bin/dmesg "
+				    "may provide additional information.\n"
+				    "No CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y kernel support "
+				    "configured?\n", err, strerror(err));
+			goto out_err;
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, mmap_pages, false) < 0)
-		die("failed to mmap with %d (%s)\n", errno, strerror(errno));
+	if (perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, mmap_pages, false) < 0) {
+		ui__warning("Failed to mmap with %d (%s)\n",
+			    errno, strerror(errno));
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
+	return;
+
+out_err:
+	exit_browser(0);
+	exit(0);
 }
 
 static int __cmd_top(void)