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authorMark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>2010-12-13 15:53:31 +0000
committerMark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>2010-12-13 15:53:31 +0000
commit474b9c86b0c65e9ca6a77d8b7bf132c4d5993b9c (patch)
tree9ce213f7a268d13f8871b84f1d22c2b9ff55afcf /tools/perf/builtin-record.c
parent49db7e7b995f5c61c5e24198f833ed01d99f5e7d (diff)
parentfdea0571ddca8e3f22448f66d72a034575abea28 (diff)
Merge branch 'topic/asoc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6 into for-2.6.38
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/builtin-record.c')
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-record.c17
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 93bd2ff001fb..e2c2de201eec 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -697,17 +697,18 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
if (err < 0)
err = event__synthesize_kernel_mmap(process_synthesized_event,
session, machine, "_stext");
- if (err < 0) {
- pr_err("Couldn't record kernel reference relocation symbol.\n");
- return err;
- }
+ if (err < 0)
+ pr_err("Couldn't record kernel reference relocation symbol\n"
+ "Symbol resolution may be skewed if relocation was used (e.g. kexec).\n"
+ "Check /proc/kallsyms permission or run as root.\n");
err = event__synthesize_modules(process_synthesized_event,
session, machine);
- if (err < 0) {
- pr_err("Couldn't record kernel reference relocation symbol.\n");
- return err;
- }
+ if (err < 0)
+ pr_err("Couldn't record kernel module information.\n"
+ "Symbol resolution may be skewed if relocation was used (e.g. kexec).\n"
+ "Check /proc/modules permission or run as root.\n");
+
if (perf_guest)
perf_session__process_machines(session, event__synthesize_guest_os);