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    perf evlist: Improve the strerror_mmap method · e965bea1
    Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo authored
    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.orgSigned-off-by: default avatarArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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