[tip:perf/core] perf: builtin-record: Provide advice if mmap'ing fails with EPERM.

[tip-bot for Nelson Elhage]

Commit-ID:  18e6093904abfd51671ff5846c2fdaba9ebbf21b
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/18e6093904abfd51671ff5846c2fdaba9ebbf21b
Author:     Nelson Elhage <nelhage@xxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:39:31 -0500
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:44:34 -0200

perf: builtin-record: Provide advice if mmap'ing fails with EPERM.

This failure is most likely due to running up against the
kernel.perf_event_mlock_kb sysctl, so we can tell the user what to do to
fix the issue.

Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1324301972-22740-3-git-send-email-nelhage@xxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Nelson Elhage <nelhage@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-record.c |    9 ++++++++-
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index f8fd14f..56bb447 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -272,8 +272,15 @@ try_again:
 		exit(-1);
 	}
 
-	if (perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, opts->mmap_pages, false) < 0)
+	if (perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, opts->mmap_pages, false) < 0) {
+		if (errno == EPERM)
+			die("Permission error mapping pages.\n"
+			    "Consider increasing "
+			    "/proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_mlock_kb,\n"
+			    "or try again with a smaller value of -m/--mmap_pages.\n"
+			    "(current value: %d)\n", opts->mmap_pages);
 		die("failed to mmap with %d (%s)\n", errno, strerror(errno));
+	}
 
 	if (rec->file_new)
 		session->evlist = evlist;
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