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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/print-events.c27
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/print-events.c b/tools/perf/util/print-events.c
index b0fc48be62..4f67e8f00a 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);
}