1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 472f62790022..f2f3f4937aa2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ static bool			use_tui, use_stdio;
 static int                      default_interval                =      0;
 
 static bool                     kptr_restrict_warned;
+static bool                     vmlinux_warned;
 static bool                     inherit                         =  false;
 static int                      realtime_prio                   =      0;
 static bool                     group                           =  false;
@@ -754,6 +755,7 @@ static void perf_event__process_sample(const union perf_event *event,
         }
 
         if (al.sym == NULL) {
+                const char *msg = "Kernel samples will not be resolved.\n";
                 /*
                  * As we do lazy loading of symtabs we only will know if the
                  * specified vmlinux file is invalid when we actually have a
@@ -765,12 +767,20 @@ static void perf_event__process_sample(const union perf_event *event,
                  * --hide-kernel-symbols, even if the user specifies an
                  * invalid --vmlinux ;-)
                  */
-                if (al.map == machine->vmlinux_maps[MAP__FUNCTION] &&
+                if (!kptr_restrict_warned && !vmlinux_warned &&
+                    al.map == machine->vmlinux_maps[MAP__FUNCTION] &&
                     RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&al.map->dso->symbols[MAP__FUNCTION])) {
-                        ui__warning("The %s file can't be used\n",
-                                    symbol_conf.vmlinux_name);
-                        exit_browser(0);
-                        exit(1);
+                        if (symbol_conf.vmlinux_name) {
+                                ui__warning("The %s file can't be used.\n%s",
+                                            symbol_conf.vmlinux_name, msg);
+                        } else {
+                                ui__warning("A vmlinux file was not found.\n%s",
+                                            msg);
+                        }
+
+                        if (use_browser <= 0)
+                                sleep(5);
+                        vmlinux_warned = true;
                 }
 
                 return;