1 files changed, 23 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 6febcc168a8c..416538248a4b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static u64			user_interval			= ULLONG_MAX;
 static u64                      default_interval                =      0;
 
 static unsigned int             page_size;
-static unsigned int             mmap_pages                      =    128;
+static unsigned int             mmap_pages                      = UINT_MAX;
 static unsigned int             user_freq                       = UINT_MAX;
 static int                      freq                            =   1000;
 static int                      output;
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ static void config_attr(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct perf_evlist *evlist)
         struct perf_event_attr *attr = &evsel->attr;
         int track = !evsel->idx; /* only the first counter needs these */
 
+        attr->inherit           = !no_inherit;
         attr->read_format       = PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED |
                                   PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING |
                                   PERF_FORMAT_ID;
@@ -251,6 +252,9 @@ static void open_counters(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
         struct perf_evsel *pos;
 
+        if (evlist->cpus->map[0] < 0)
+                no_inherit = true;
+
         list_for_each_entry(pos, &evlist->entries, node) {
                 struct perf_event_attr *attr = &pos->attr;
                 /*
@@ -271,15 +275,13 @@ static void open_counters(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 retry_sample_id:
                 attr->sample_id_all = sample_id_all_avail ? 1 : 0;
 try_again:
-                if (perf_evsel__open(pos, evlist->cpus, evlist->threads, group,
-                                     !no_inherit) < 0) {
+                if (perf_evsel__open(pos, evlist->cpus, evlist->threads, group) < 0) {
                         int err = errno;
 
-                        if (err == EPERM || err == EACCES)
-                                die("Permission error - are you root?\n"
-                                        "\t Consider tweaking"
-                                        " /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid.\n");
-                        else if (err ==  ENODEV && cpu_list) {
+                        if (err == EPERM || err == EACCES) {
+                                ui__warning_paranoid();
+                                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+                        } else if (err ==  ENODEV && cpu_list) {
                                 die("No such device - did you specify"
                                         " an out-of-range profile CPU?\n");
                         } else if (err == EINVAL && sample_id_all_avail) {
@@ -302,11 +304,19 @@ try_again:
                                         && attr->config == PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES) {
 
                                 if (verbose)
-                                        warning(" ... trying to fall back to cpu-clock-ticks\n");
+                                        ui__warning("The cycles event is not supported, "
+                                                    "trying to fall back to cpu-clock-ticks\n");
                                 attr->type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE;
                                 attr->config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK;
                                 goto try_again;
                         }
+
+                        if (err == ENOENT) {
+                                ui__warning("The %s event is not supported.\n",
+                                            event_name(pos));
+                                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+                        }
+
                         printf("\n");
                         error("sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with %d (%s).  /bin/dmesg may provide additional information.\n",
                               err, strerror(err));
@@ -506,6 +516,10 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
         if (have_tracepoints(&evsel_list->entries))
                 perf_header__set_feat(&session->header, HEADER_TRACE_INFO);
 
+        /* 512 kiB: default amount of unprivileged mlocked memory */
+        if (mmap_pages == UINT_MAX)
+                mmap_pages = (512 * 1024) / page_size;
+
         if (forks) {
                 child_pid = fork();
                 if (child_pid < 0) {