1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index e382d93d369c..ac989e9ba8fe 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -666,12 +666,15 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
                                                      nr_counters,
                                                      process_synthesized_event,
                                                      session);
-                if (err <= 0) {
-                        pr_err("Couldn't record tracing data.\n");
-                        return err;
-                }
-
-                advance_output(err);
+                /*
+                 * FIXME err <= 0 here actually means that there were no tracepoints
+                 * so its not really an error, just that we don't need to synthesize
+                 * anything.
+                 * We really have to return this more properly and also propagate
+                 * errors that now are calling die()
+                 */
+                if (err > 0)
+                        advance_output(err);
         }
 
         machine = perf_session__find_host_machine(session);