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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/annotate.c15
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
index 70ec422ddb6..0d0830c98cd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
@@ -295,12 +295,23 @@ fallback:
}
if (dso->origin == DSO__ORIG_KERNEL) {
+ char bf[BUILD_ID_SIZE * 2 + 16] = " with build id ";
+ char *build_id_msg = NULL;
+
if (dso->annotate_warned)
goto out_free_filename;
+
+ if (dso->has_build_id) {
+ build_id__sprintf(dso->build_id,
+ sizeof(dso->build_id), bf + 15);
+ build_id_msg = bf;
+ }
err = -ENOENT;
dso->annotate_warned = 1;
- pr_err("Can't annotate %s: No vmlinux file was found in the "
- "path\n", sym->name);
+ pr_err("Can't annotate %s: No vmlinux file%s was found in the "
+ "path.\nPlease use 'perf buildid-cache -av vmlinux' or "
+ "--vmlinux vmlinux.\n",
+ sym->name, build_id_msg ?: "");
goto out_free_filename;
}