Merge branch 'perf/urgent' into perf/core

Conflicts:
	arch/x86/kernel/apic/hw_nmi.c

Merge reason: Resolve conflict, queue up dependent patch.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index d9dd47885218..3d2cb4899807 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -697,17 +697,18 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
         if (err < 0)
                 err = event__synthesize_kernel_mmap(process_synthesized_event,
                                                     session, machine, "_stext");
-        if (err < 0) {
-                pr_err("Couldn't record kernel reference relocation symbol.\n");
-                return err;
-        }
+        if (err < 0)
+                pr_err("Couldn't record kernel reference relocation symbol\n"
+                       "Symbol resolution may be skewed if relocation was used (e.g. kexec).\n"
+                       "Check /proc/kallsyms permission or run as root.\n");
 
         err = event__synthesize_modules(process_synthesized_event,
                                         session, machine);
-        if (err < 0) {
-                pr_err("Couldn't record kernel reference relocation symbol.\n");
-                return err;
-        }
+        if (err < 0)
+                pr_err("Couldn't record kernel module information.\n"
+                       "Symbol resolution may be skewed if relocation was used (e.g. kexec).\n"
+                       "Check /proc/modules permission or run as root.\n");
+
         if (perf_guest)
                 perf_session__process_machines(session, event__synthesize_guest_os);