1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/sw-clock.c b/tools/perf/tests/sw-clock.c
index 6e2b44ec0749..6664a7cd828c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/sw-clock.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/sw-clock.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include "util/cpumap.h"
 #include "util/thread_map.h"
 
-#define NR_LOOPS  1000000
+#define NR_LOOPS  10000000
 
 /*
  * This test will open software clock events (cpu-clock, task-clock)
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static int __test__sw_clock_freq(enum perf_sw_ids clock_id)
                 .freq = 1,
         };
 
-        attr.sample_freq = 10000;
+        attr.sample_freq = 500;
 
         evlist = perf_evlist__new();
         if (evlist == NULL) {
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static int __test__sw_clock_freq(enum perf_sw_ids clock_id)
                 return -1;
         }
 
-        evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr, 0);
+        evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr);
         if (evsel == NULL) {
                 pr_debug("perf_evsel__new\n");
                 goto out_free_evlist;
@@ -57,7 +57,14 @@ static int __test__sw_clock_freq(enum perf_sw_ids clock_id)
                 goto out_delete_maps;
         }
 
-        perf_evlist__open(evlist);
+        if (perf_evlist__open(evlist)) {
+                const char *knob = "/proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate";
+
+                err = -errno;
+                pr_debug("Couldn't open evlist: %s\nHint: check %s, using %" PRIu64 " in this test.\n",
+                         strerror(errno), knob, (u64)attr.sample_freq);
+                goto out_delete_maps;
+        }
 
         err = perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, 128, true);
         if (err < 0) {