---

yaml
---
r: 228953
b: refs/heads/master
c: aa7bc7e
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  228951: 51ffc04
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5a3446bc648d86a99a895e93d28d7df00bbbfb3c
+refs/heads/master: aa7bc7ef73efc46d7c3a0e185eefaf85744aec98

trunk/tools/perf/builtin-record.c

@@ -331,6 +331,9 @@ static void create_counter(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu)
 			else if (err ==  ENODEV && cpu_list) {
 				die("No such device - did you specify"
 					" an out-of-range profile CPU?\n");
+			} else if (err == ENOENT) {
+				die("%s event is not supported. ",
+				     event_name(evsel));
 			} else if (err == EINVAL && sample_id_all_avail) {
 				/*
 				 * Old kernel, no attr->sample_id_type_all field

trunk/tools/perf/builtin-top.c

@@ -1247,6 +1247,8 @@ static void start_counter(int i, struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 				die("Permission error - are you root?\n"
 					"\t Consider tweaking"
 					" /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid.\n");
+			if (err == ENOENT)
+				die("%s event is not supported. ", event_name(evsel));
 			/*
 			 * If it's cycles then fall back to hrtimer
 			 * based cpu-clock-tick sw counter, which