Check the evsel->attr.inherit_stat bit and show warning message if it's missing and -T/--threads option was given:
$ perf report -T Error: perf.data file has no per-thread stat data. Did you run 'perf record' with -s option? Suggested-by: David Ahern <dsah...@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhy...@kernel.org> --- Move error message before header info message tools/perf/builtin-report.c | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c index 6ac2c7a01a63..343cca2a2779 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c @@ -833,6 +833,19 @@ repeat: } } + if (report.show_threads) { + struct perf_evsel *evsel; + + evlist__for_each(session->evlist, evsel) { + if (!evsel->attr.inherit_stat) { + pr_err("Error: %s file has no per-thread stat data.\n" + " Did you run 'perf record' with -s option?\n", + input_name); + goto error; + } + } + } + if (strcmp(input_name, "-") != 0) setup_browser(true); else -- 2.4.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/