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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/evsel.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 01ce14c3575e..b38de5819323 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -2027,6 +2027,8 @@ bool perf_evsel__fallback(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int err,
int perf_evsel__open_strerror(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct target *target,
int err, char *msg, size_t size)
{
+ char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
+
switch (err) {
case EPERM:
case EACCES:
@@ -2072,8 +2074,9 @@ int perf_evsel__open_strerror(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct target *target,
}
return scnprintf(msg, size,
- "The sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with %d (%s) for event (%s). \n"
+ "The sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with %d (%s) for event (%s).\n"
"/bin/dmesg may provide additional information.\n"
"No CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y kernel support configured?\n",
- err, strerror(err), perf_evsel__name(evsel));
+ err, strerror_r(err, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)),
+ perf_evsel__name(evsel));
}