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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c b/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c
index 9d5f0b57c4c1..8dc0baba8798 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ int test__PERF_RECORD(int subtest __maybe_unused)
};
cpu_set_t cpu_mask;
size_t cpu_mask_size = sizeof(cpu_mask);
- struct perf_evlist *evlist = perf_evlist__new_default();
+ struct perf_evlist *evlist = perf_evlist__new_dummy();
struct perf_evsel *evsel;
struct perf_sample sample;
const char *cmd = "sleep";
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ int test__PERF_RECORD(int subtest __maybe_unused)
int total_events = 0, nr_events[PERF_RECORD_MAX] = { 0, };
char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
+ if (evlist == NULL) /* Fallback for kernels lacking PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY */
+ evlist = perf_evlist__new_default();
+
if (evlist == NULL || argv == NULL) {
pr_debug("Not enough memory to create evlist\n");
goto out;