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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/util')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/sort.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c index 5854b4660a49..947d21f38398 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c @@ -2381,6 +2381,9 @@ static int sort_dimension__add(struct perf_hpp_list *list, const char *tok, if (sort__mode != SORT_MODE__MEMORY) return -EINVAL; + if (sd->entry == &sort_mem_dcacheline && cacheline_size == 0) + return -EINVAL; + if (sd->entry == &sort_mem_daddr_sym) list->sym = 1; @@ -2424,7 +2427,10 @@ static int setup_sort_list(struct perf_hpp_list *list, char *str, if (*tok) { ret = sort_dimension__add(list, tok, evlist, level); if (ret == -EINVAL) { - error("Invalid --sort key: `%s'", tok); + if (!cacheline_size && !strncasecmp(tok, "dcacheline", strlen(tok))) + error("The \"dcacheline\" --sort key needs to know the cacheline size and it couldn't be determined on this system"); + else + error("Invalid --sort key: `%s'", tok); break; } else if (ret == -ESRCH) { error("Unknown --sort key: `%s'", tok); |