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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/builtin-record.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c index 93bd2ff001f..e2c2de201ee 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c @@ -697,17 +697,18 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv) if (err < 0) err = event__synthesize_kernel_mmap(process_synthesized_event, session, machine, "_stext"); - if (err < 0) { - pr_err("Couldn't record kernel reference relocation symbol.\n"); - return err; - } + if (err < 0) + pr_err("Couldn't record kernel reference relocation symbol\n" + "Symbol resolution may be skewed if relocation was used (e.g. kexec).\n" + "Check /proc/kallsyms permission or run as root.\n"); err = event__synthesize_modules(process_synthesized_event, session, machine); - if (err < 0) { - pr_err("Couldn't record kernel reference relocation symbol.\n"); - return err; - } + if (err < 0) + pr_err("Couldn't record kernel module information.\n" + "Symbol resolution may be skewed if relocation was used (e.g. kexec).\n" + "Check /proc/modules permission or run as root.\n"); + if (perf_guest) perf_session__process_machines(session, event__synthesize_guest_os); |