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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/builtin-trace.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c index b160a9f61bf..88eef71bce6 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c @@ -184,6 +184,10 @@ static int __cmd_trace(void) header = perf_header__read(input); sample_type = perf_header__sample_type(header); + if (!(sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_RAW)) + die("No trace sample to read. Did you call perf record " + "without -R?"); + if (load_kernel() < 0) { perror("failed to load kernel symbols"); return EXIT_FAILURE; |