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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 2 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c index b097570e9623..e9e6d5c0ae4a 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c @@ -678,6 +678,8 @@ parse_event_symbols(const char **str, struct perf_event_attr *attr) if (ret != EVT_FAILED) goto modifier; + fprintf(stderr, "invalid or unsupported event: '%s'\n", *str); + fprintf(stderr, "Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events\n"); return EVT_FAILED; modifier: |