From cdce445906852d90efdc773ca7ba460e6e41664d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Namhyung Kim Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 02:25:27 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] perf top: Add error message for EMFILE When a user tries to open so many events, perf_event_open syscall may fail with EMFILE. Provide advise for that case. Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1325957132-10600-3-git-send-email-namhyung@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo --- tools/perf/builtin-top.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c index d89dec90103e..8f80df896038 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c @@ -888,6 +888,10 @@ try_again: ui__warning("The %s event is not supported.\n", event_name(counter)); goto out_err; + } else if (err == EMFILE) { + ui__warning("Too many events are opened.\n" + "Try again after reducing the number of events\n"); + goto out_err; } ui__warning("The sys_perf_event_open() syscall " -- 2.34.1