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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/sort.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
index 5854b4660a49..947d21f38398 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
@@ -2381,6 +2381,9 @@ static int sort_dimension__add(struct perf_hpp_list *list, const char *tok,
if (sort__mode != SORT_MODE__MEMORY)
return -EINVAL;
+ if (sd->entry == &sort_mem_dcacheline && cacheline_size == 0)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
if (sd->entry == &sort_mem_daddr_sym)
list->sym = 1;
@@ -2424,7 +2427,10 @@ static int setup_sort_list(struct perf_hpp_list *list, char *str,
if (*tok) {
ret = sort_dimension__add(list, tok, evlist, level);
if (ret == -EINVAL) {
- error("Invalid --sort key: `%s'", tok);
+ if (!cacheline_size && !strncasecmp(tok, "dcacheline", strlen(tok)))
+ error("The \"dcacheline\" --sort key needs to know the cacheline size and it couldn't be determined on this system");
+ else
+ error("Invalid --sort key: `%s'", tok);
break;
} else if (ret == -ESRCH) {
error("Unknown --sort key: `%s'", tok);