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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/pmu.c7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 8a2229da594f..18e84801d4d1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static int pmu_aliases(char *name, struct list_head *head)
"%s/bus/event_source/devices/%s/events", sysfs, name);
if (stat(path, &st) < 0)
- return -1;
+ return 0; /* no error if 'events' does not exist */
if (pmu_aliases_parse(path, head))
return -1;
@@ -296,6 +296,9 @@ static struct perf_pmu *pmu_lookup(char *name)
if (pmu_format(name, &format))
return NULL;
+ if (pmu_aliases(name, &aliases))
+ return NULL;
+
if (pmu_type(name, &type))
return NULL;
@@ -305,8 +308,6 @@ static struct perf_pmu *pmu_lookup(char *name)
pmu->cpus = pmu_cpumask(name);
- pmu_aliases(name, &aliases);
-
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pmu->format);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pmu->aliases);
list_splice(&format, &pmu->format);