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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2014-03-12 16:01:07 +0100
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2014-03-12 16:01:07 +0100
commitffb12cf002edbc5927079f51bebde428d601f723 (patch)
tree1f04d80df9db8883037d59c81f5836770eecfdc6 /tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
parent1a75b8e64571a85d5e648cfdf4c40e0d9923abc5 (diff)
parentc1bacbae8192dd2a9ebadd22d793b68054f6c6e5 (diff)
Merge branch 'irq/for-gpio' into irq/core
Merge the request/release callbacks which are in a separate branch for consumption by the gpio folks. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/util/parse-events.c')
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/parse-events.c17
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index d248fca6d7ed..1e15df10a88c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -1091,12 +1091,12 @@ int is_valid_tracepoint(const char *event_string)
static bool is_event_supported(u8 type, unsigned config)
{
bool ret = true;
+ int open_return;
struct perf_evsel *evsel;
struct perf_event_attr attr = {
.type = type,
.config = config,
.disabled = 1,
- .exclude_kernel = 1,
};
struct {
struct thread_map map;
@@ -1108,7 +1108,20 @@ static bool is_event_supported(u8 type, unsigned config)
evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr);
if (evsel) {
- ret = perf_evsel__open(evsel, NULL, &tmap.map) >= 0;
+ open_return = perf_evsel__open(evsel, NULL, &tmap.map);
+ ret = open_return >= 0;
+
+ if (open_return == -EACCES) {
+ /*
+ * This happens if the paranoid value
+ * /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid is set to 2
+ * Re-run with exclude_kernel set; we don't do that
+ * by default as some ARM machines do not support it.
+ *
+ */
+ evsel->attr.exclude_kernel = 1;
+ ret = perf_evsel__open(evsel, NULL, &tmap.map) >= 0;
+ }
perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
}