From de46d5268c4ec5c5b473c96fbf56ece188a6ba85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 17:51:45 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] perf evsel: Handle ENOMEM for perf_event_max_stack + PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN When the kernel allows tweaking perf_event_max_stack and the event being setup has PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN in its perf_event_attr.sample_type, tell the user that tweaking /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_stack may solve the problem. Before: # echo 32000 > /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_stack # perf record -g usleep 1 Error: The sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with 12 (Cannot allocate memory) for event (cycles:ppp). /bin/dmesg may provide additional information. No CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y kernel support configured? # After: # echo 64000 > /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_stack # perf record -g usleep 1 Error: Not enough memory to setup event with callchain. Hint: Try tweaking /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_stack Hint: Current value: 64000 # Suggested-by: David Ahern Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Brendan Gregg Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Milian Wolff Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Wang Nan Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-ebv0orelj1s1ye857vhb82ov@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo --- tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c index 334364e25bbe..9bed7f4419d8 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c @@ -2325,6 +2325,14 @@ int perf_evsel__open_strerror(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct target *target, "Probably the maximum number of open file descriptors has been reached.\n" "Hint: Try again after reducing the number of events.\n" "Hint: Try increasing the limit with 'ulimit -n '"); + case ENOMEM: + if ((evsel->attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN) != 0 && + access("/proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_stack", F_OK) == 0) + return scnprintf(msg, size, + "Not enough memory to setup event with callchain.\n" + "Hint: Try tweaking /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_stack\n" + "Hint: Current value: %d", sysctl_perf_event_max_stack); + break; case ENODEV: if (target->cpu_list) return scnprintf(msg, size, "%s",