Users should never use 'pt=0', but if they do it may give a meaningless error:
$ perf record -e intel_pt/pt=0/u uname Error: The sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with 22 (Invalid argument) for event (intel_pt/pt=0/u). Fix that by forcing 'pt=1'. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hun...@intel.com> --- tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c index db0ba8caf5a2..af25a7824ee0 100644 --- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c +++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c @@ -524,10 +524,18 @@ static int intel_pt_validate_config(struct perf_pmu *intel_pt_pmu, struct perf_evsel *evsel) { int err; + char c; if (!evsel) return 0; + /* + * If supported, force pass-through config term (pt=1) even if user + * sets pt=0, which avoids senseless kernel errors. + */ + if (perf_pmu__scan_file(intel_pt_pmu, "format/pt", "%c", &c) == 1) + evsel->attr.config |= 1; + err = intel_pt_val_config_term(intel_pt_pmu, "caps/cycle_thresholds", "cyc_thresh", "caps/psb_cyc", evsel->attr.config); -- 2.17.1