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perf evlist: Improve the strerror_mmap method

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Considering the per user locked pages limit, improve the message when a
user uses multiple simultaneous perf mmap calls:

When the request is more than the current maximum:

  [acme@ssdandy linux]$ trace -m 128 usleep 1
  Error: Operation not permitted.
  Hint:  Check /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_mlock_kb (516 kB) setting.
  Hint:  Tried using 516 kB.
  Hint:  Try 'sudo sh -c "echo 1032 > /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_mlock_kb"', or
  Hint:  Try using a smaller -m/--mmap-pages value.
  [acme@ssdandy linux]$

And when the limit is less than that:

  [acme@ssdandy linux]$ trace -m 512 usleep 1
  Error: Operation not permitted.
  Hint:  Check /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_mlock_kb (2056 kB) setting.
  Hint:  Tried using 2052 kB.
  Hint:  Try using a smaller -m/--mmap-pages value.
  [acme@ssdandy linux]$

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-yqdie3c8qvdgenwleri267d4@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 2014-12-12 16:25:33 -03:00
parent e5d4a290da
commit e965bea1ad
1 changed files with 13 additions and 4 deletions
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tools/perf/util/evlist.c
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@ -1487,16 +1487,25 @@ int perf_evlist__strerror_open(struct perf_evlist *evlist __maybe_unused,
int perf_evlist__strerror_mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int err, char *buf, size_t size)
{
char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE], *emsg = strerror_r(err, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf));
int pages_attempted = evlist->mmap_len / 1024, pages_max_per_user;
int pages_attempted = evlist->mmap_len / 1024, pages_max_per_user, printed = 0;
switch (err) {
case EPERM:
sysctl__read_int("kernel/perf_event_mlock_kb", &pages_max_per_user);
scnprintf(buf, size, "Error:\t%s.\n"
printed += scnprintf(buf + printed, size - printed,
"Error:\t%s.\n"
"Hint:\tCheck /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_mlock_kb (%d kB) setting.\n"
"Hint:\tTried using %zd kB.\n"
"Hint:\tTry using a smaller -m/--mmap-pages value.",
"Hint:\tTried using %zd kB.\n",
emsg, pages_max_per_user, pages_attempted);
if (pages_attempted >= pages_max_per_user) {
printed += scnprintf(buf + printed, size - printed,
"Hint:\tTry 'sudo sh -c \"echo %d > /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_mlock_kb\"', or\n",
pages_max_per_user + pages_attempted);
}
printed += scnprintf(buf + printed, size - printed,
"Hint:\tTry using a smaller -m/--mmap-pages value.");
break;
default:
scnprintf(buf, size, "%s", emsg);