Make the sink error message more similar to the event error message that reminds about missing kernel support. The available sinks are also determined by the hardware so mention that too.

Also, usually it's not necessary to specify the sink, so add that as a hint.

Now the error for a made up sink looks like this:

$ perf record -e cs_etm/@abc/ Couldn't find sink "abc" on event cs_etm/@abc/. Missing kernel or device support?

Hint: An appropriate sink will be picked automatically if one isn't is specified.

For any error other than ENOENT, the same message as before is displayed.

Signed-off-by: James Clark james.clark@arm.com --- V1 -> V2: Keep old error message unless it's ENOENT

tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c index 481e170cd3f1..7f71c8a237ff 100644 --- a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c +++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c @@ -283,9 +283,15 @@ static int cs_etm_set_sink_attr(struct perf_pmu *pmu,

ret = perf_pmu__scan_file(pmu, path, "%x", &hash); if (ret != 1) { - pr_err("failed to set sink "%s" on event %s with %d (%s)\n", - sink, evsel__name(evsel), errno, - str_error_r(errno, msg, sizeof(msg))); + if (errno == ENOENT) + pr_err("Couldn't find sink "%s" on event %s\n" + "Missing kernel or device support?\n\n" + "Hint: An appropriate sink will be picked automatically if one isn't specified.\n", + sink, evsel__name(evsel)); + else + pr_err("Failed to set sink "%s" on event %s with %d (%s)\n", + sink, evsel__name(evsel), errno, + str_error_r(errno, msg, sizeof(msg))); return ret; }

base-commit: 5670ebf54bd26482f57a094c53bdc562c106e0a9