From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Eduardo Valentin <eduval@amazon.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
x86@kernel.org, Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>,
Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>,
Jia Zhang <qianyue.zj@alibaba-inc.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 1/1] perf/x86/intel: make error messages less confusing
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2018 10:52:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180905085212.GS24124@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180823150732.11249-1-eduval@amazon.com>
On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 08:07:32AM -0700, Eduardo Valentin wrote:
> On a system with X86_FEATURE_ARCH_PERFMON disabled
> and with a model not known by family PMU drivers,
> user gets a kernel message log like the following:
> [ 0.100114] Performance Events: unsupported p6 CPU model 85 no PMU driver, software events only.
>
> The "unsupported .. CPU" part may be confusing for some
> users leading to wrong understanding that the kernel
> does not support the CPU model.
Send them back to first grade, such that they might learn to read?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-09-05 8:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-08-23 15:07 [PATCHv2 1/1] perf/x86/intel: make error messages less confusing Eduardo Valentin
2018-09-04 18:23 ` Eduardo Valentin
2018-09-04 23:02 ` Andi Kleen
2018-09-05 8:52 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2018-09-05 15:53 ` Eduardo Valentin
2018-09-05 21:47 ` Andi Kleen
2018-09-06 7:21 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-09-14 0:00 ` Eduardo Valentin
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