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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-top.c4
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diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index d89dec90103e..8f80df896038 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -888,6 +888,10 @@ try_again:
ui__warning("The %s event is not supported.\n",
event_name(counter));
goto out_err;
+ } else if (err == EMFILE) {
+ ui__warning("Too many events are opened.\n"
+ "Try again after reducing the number of events\n");
+ goto out_err;
}
ui__warning("The sys_perf_event_open() syscall "