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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-report.c16
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index fa937f5c3c3..9f9575afab0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -1684,9 +1684,19 @@ static int __cmd_report(void)
sample_type = perf_header__sample_type();
- if (sort__has_parent && !(sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN)) {
- fprintf(stderr, "selected --sort parent, but no callchain data\n");
- exit(-1);
+ if (!(sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN)) {
+ if (sort__has_parent) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "selected --sort parent, but no"
+ " callchain data. Did you call"
+ " perf record without -g?\n");
+ exit(-1);
+ }
+ if (callchain) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "selected -c but no callchain data."
+ " Did you call perf record without"
+ " -g?\n");
+ exit(-1);
+ }
}
if (load_kernel() < 0) {