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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-record.c11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index cf5c5379ceaa..4713f0f3a6cf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -3996,8 +3996,15 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
arch__add_leaf_frame_record_opts(&rec->opts);
err = -ENOMEM;
- if (evlist__create_maps(rec->evlist, &rec->opts.target) < 0)
- usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);
+ if (evlist__create_maps(rec->evlist, &rec->opts.target) < 0) {
+ if (rec->opts.target.pid != NULL) {
+ pr_err("Couldn't create thread/CPU maps: %s\n",
+ errno == ENOENT ? "No such process" : str_error_r(errno, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf)));
+ goto out;
+ }
+ else
+ usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);
+ }
err = auxtrace_record__options(rec->itr, rec->evlist, &rec->opts);
if (err)