perf evsel: Add error message for unsupported branch stack cases
EOPNOTSUPP is a possible return value when branch stacks are requested but they aren't enabled in the kernel or hardware. It's also returned if they aren't supported on the specific event type. The currently printed error message about sampling/overflow-interrupts is not correct in this case. Add a check for branch stacks before sample_period is checked because sample_period is also set (to the default value) when using branch stacks. Before this change (when branch stacks aren't supported): perf record -j any Error: cycles: PMU Hardware doesn't support sampling/overflow-interrupts. Try 'perf stat' After this change: perf record -j any Error: cycles: PMU Hardware or event type doesn't support branch stack sampling. Signed-off-by:James Clark <james.clark@arm.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com> Cc: German Gomez <german.gomez@arm.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@linaro.org> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220307171917.2555829-2-james.clark@arm.comSigned-off-by:
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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