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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/builtin-record.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c index c643ed669ef9..2cb74343de3e 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c @@ -297,8 +297,10 @@ try_again: } printf("\n"); - error("sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with %d (%s). /bin/dmesg may provide additional information.\n", - err, strerror(err)); + error("sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with %d " + "(%s) for event %s. /bin/dmesg may provide " + "additional information.\n", + err, strerror(err), perf_evsel__name(pos)); #if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__) if (attr->type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE && |