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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c index cb9bcdb065ea..b8e9def77f44 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c @@ -2745,8 +2745,9 @@ int perf_evsel__open_strerror(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct target *target, break; case EOPNOTSUPP: if (evsel->attr.sample_period != 0) - return scnprintf(msg, size, "%s", - "PMU Hardware doesn't support sampling/overflow-interrupts."); + return scnprintf(msg, size, + "%s: PMU Hardware doesn't support sampling/overflow-interrupts. Try 'perf stat'", + perf_evsel__name(evsel)); if (evsel->attr.precise_ip) return scnprintf(msg, size, "%s", "\'precise\' request may not be supported. Try removing 'p' modifier."); |