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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/evsel.c8
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diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 334364e25bbe..9bed7f4419d8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -2325,6 +2325,14 @@ int perf_evsel__open_strerror(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct target *target,
"Probably the maximum number of open file descriptors has been reached.\n"
"Hint: Try again after reducing the number of events.\n"
"Hint: Try increasing the limit with 'ulimit -n <limit>'");
+ case ENOMEM:
+ if ((evsel->attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN) != 0 &&
+ access("/proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_stack", F_OK) == 0)
+ return scnprintf(msg, size,
+ "Not enough memory to setup event with callchain.\n"
+ "Hint: Try tweaking /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_stack\n"
+ "Hint: Current value: %d", sysctl_perf_event_max_stack);
+ break;
case ENODEV:
if (target->cpu_list)
return scnprintf(msg, size, "%s",