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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 59ef2802fcf6..c51223ac25f4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -1214,10 +1214,11 @@ int perf_evlist__strerror_open(struct perf_evlist *evlist __maybe_unused,
"For your workloads it needs to be <= 1\nHint:\t");
}
printed += scnprintf(buf + printed, size - printed,
- "For system wide tracing it needs to be set to -1");
+ "For system wide tracing it needs to be set to -1.\n");
printed += scnprintf(buf + printed, size - printed,
- ".\nHint:\tThe current value is %d.", value);
+ "Hint:\tTry: 'sudo sh -c \"echo -1 > /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid\"'\n"
+ "Hint:\tThe current value is %d.", value);
break;
default:
scnprintf(buf, size, "%s", emsg);