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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/builtin-top.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c index 40264eaa9f0..34096275a7b 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c @@ -943,8 +943,10 @@ try_again: * based cpu-clock-tick sw counter, which * is always available even if no PMU support: */ - if (attr->type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE && - attr->config == PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES) { + if ((err == ENOENT || err == ENXIO) && + (attr->type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE) && + (attr->config == PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES)) { + if (verbose) ui__warning("Cycles event not supported,\n" "trying to fall back to cpu-clock-ticks\n"); |