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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/events/core.c11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
index c17f0de5fd39..ba1335d16529 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
@@ -262,10 +262,13 @@ static bool check_hw_exists(void)
return true;
msr_fail:
- pr_cont("Broken PMU hardware detected, using software events only.\n");
- printk("%sFailed to access perfctr msr (MSR %x is %Lx)\n",
- boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR) ? KERN_INFO : KERN_ERR,
- reg, val_new);
+ if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR)) {
+ pr_cont("PMU not available due to virtualization, using software events only.\n");
+ } else {
+ pr_cont("Broken PMU hardware detected, using software events only.\n");
+ pr_err("Failed to access perfctr msr (MSR %x is %Lx)\n",
+ reg, val_new);
+ }
return false;
}