[PATCH 3/3] perf stat: Add error message for EMFILE

[Namhyung Kim]

When a user tries to open so many events, perf_event_oen syscall
may fail with EMFILE. Provide an advice for that case.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-stat.c |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index f5d2a63eba66..3e6c8dd8417f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -477,6 +477,9 @@ static int run_perf_stat(int argc __used, const char **argv)
 				      "\t Consider tweaking"
 				      " /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid or running as root.",
 				      system_wide ? "system-wide " : "");
+			} else if (errno == EMFILE) {
+				error("Too many events are opened.\n"
+				      "\t Try again after reducing the number of events.\n");
 			} else {
 				error("open_counter returned with %d (%s). "
 				      "/bin/dmesg may provide additional information.\n",
-- 
1.7.8.2

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