1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index a20e38273243..2c4d3017441b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -453,17 +453,13 @@ static struct strlist *get_perf_event_names(int fd)
         return sl;
 }
 
-static int write_trace_kprobe_event(int fd, const char *buf)
+static void write_trace_kprobe_event(int fd, const char *buf)
 {
         int ret;
 
         ret = write(fd, buf, strlen(buf));
         if (ret <= 0)
                 die("Failed to create event.");
-        else
-                printf("Added new event: %s\n", buf);
-
-        return ret;
 }
 
 static void get_new_event_name(char *buf, size_t len, const char *base,
@@ -503,10 +499,19 @@ void add_trace_kprobe_events(struct probe_point *probes, int nr_probes)
                                  PERFPROBE_GROUP, event,
                                  pp->probes[i]);
                         write_trace_kprobe_event(fd, buf);
+                        printf("Added new event:\n");
+                        /* Get the first parameter (probe-point) */
+                        sscanf(pp->probes[i], "%s", buf);
+                        show_perf_probe_event(PERFPROBE_GROUP, event,
+                                              buf, pp);
                         /* Add added event name to namelist */
                         strlist__add(namelist, event);
                 }
         }
+        /* Show how to use the event. */
+        printf("\nYou can now use it on all perf tools, such as:\n\n");
+        printf("\tperf record -e %s:%s -a sleep 1\n\n", PERFPROBE_GROUP, event);
+
         strlist__delete(namelist);
         close(fd);
 }