---

yaml
---
r: 338882
b: refs/heads/master
c: 3fded96
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 20550a434583c78f8ff9a2819639e2bacbe58574
+refs/heads/master: 3fded963cdae12ff891a55efc866437506c3f912

trunk/tools/perf/util/pmu.c

@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static int pmu_aliases(char *name, struct list_head *head)
 		 "%s/bus/event_source/devices/%s/events", sysfs, name);
 
 	if (stat(path, &st) < 0)
-		return -1;
+		return 0;	 /* no error if 'events' does not exist */
 
 	if (pmu_aliases_parse(path, head))
 		return -1;
@@ -296,6 +296,9 @@ static struct perf_pmu *pmu_lookup(char *name)
 	if (pmu_format(name, &format))
 		return NULL;
 
+	if (pmu_aliases(name, &aliases))
+		return NULL;
+
 	if (pmu_type(name, &type))
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -305,8 +308,6 @@ static struct perf_pmu *pmu_lookup(char *name)
 
 	pmu->cpus = pmu_cpumask(name);
 
-	pmu_aliases(name, &aliases);
-
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pmu->format);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pmu->aliases);
 	list_splice(&format, &pmu->format);