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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/builtin-report.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c index fa937f5c3c39..9f9575afab08 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c @@ -1684,9 +1684,19 @@ static int __cmd_report(void) sample_type = perf_header__sample_type(); - if (sort__has_parent && !(sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN)) { - fprintf(stderr, "selected --sort parent, but no callchain data\n"); - exit(-1); + if (!(sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN)) { + if (sort__has_parent) { + fprintf(stderr, "selected --sort parent, but no" + " callchain data. Did you call" + " perf record without -g?\n"); + exit(-1); + } + if (callchain) { + fprintf(stderr, "selected -c but no callchain data." + " Did you call perf record without" + " -g?\n"); + exit(-1); + } } if (load_kernel() < 0) { |