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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/util/print-events.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/print-events.c | 27 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/print-events.c b/tools/perf/util/print-events.c index b0fc48be6..4f67e8f00 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/print-events.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/print-events.c @@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ void print_sdt_events(const struct print_callbacks *print_cb, void *print_state) bool is_event_supported(u8 type, u64 config) { bool ret = true; - int open_return; struct evsel *evsel; struct perf_event_attr attr = { .type = type, @@ -246,20 +245,32 @@ bool is_event_supported(u8 type, u64 config) evsel = evsel__new(&attr); if (evsel) { - open_return = evsel__open(evsel, NULL, tmap); - ret = open_return >= 0; + ret = evsel__open(evsel, NULL, tmap) >= 0; - if (open_return == -EACCES) { + if (!ret) { /* - * This happens if the paranoid value + * The event may fail to open 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. - * + * Re-run with exclude_kernel set; we don't do that by + * default as some ARM machines do not support it. */ evsel->core.attr.exclude_kernel = 1; ret = evsel__open(evsel, NULL, tmap) >= 0; } + + if (!ret) { + /* + * The event may fail to open if the PMU requires + * exclude_guest to be set (e.g. as the Apple M1 PMU + * requires). + * Re-run with exclude_guest set; we don't do that by + * default as it's equally legitimate for another PMU + * driver to require that exclude_guest is clear. + */ + evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest = 1; + ret = evsel__open(evsel, NULL, tmap) >= 0; + } + evsel__delete(evsel); } |