4 files changed, 74 insertions, 28 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 8b45fcead5f..ea4c04f7437 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -958,20 +958,7 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	if (perf_evlist__create_maps(evsel_list, &rec->opts.target) < 0)
 		usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);
 
-	if (rec->opts.user_interval != ULLONG_MAX)
-		rec->opts.default_interval = rec->opts.user_interval;
-	if (rec->opts.user_freq != UINT_MAX)
-		rec->opts.freq = rec->opts.user_freq;
-
-	/*
-	 * User specified count overrides default frequency.
-	 */
-	if (rec->opts.default_interval)
-		rec->opts.freq = 0;
-	else if (rec->opts.freq) {
-		rec->opts.default_interval = rec->opts.freq;
-	} else {
-		ui__error("frequency and count are zero, aborting\n");
+	if (perf_record_opts__config(&rec->opts)) {
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto out_free_fd;
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 21897f0ffcd..9acca8856cc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -1209,20 +1209,7 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	if (top.delay_secs < 1)
 		top.delay_secs = 1;
 
-	if (opts->user_interval != ULLONG_MAX)
-		opts->default_interval = opts->user_interval;
-	if (opts->user_freq != UINT_MAX)
-		opts->freq = opts->user_freq;
-
-	/*
-	 * User specified count overrides default frequency.
-	 */
-	if (opts->default_interval)
-		opts->freq = 0;
-	else if (opts->freq) {
-		opts->default_interval = opts->freq;
-	} else {
-		ui__error("frequency and count are zero, aborting\n");
+	if (perf_record_opts__config(opts)) {
 		status = -EINVAL;
 		goto out_delete_maps;
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index 6e8acc9abe3..0617ce2a067 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ void perf_evlist__set_id_pos(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 bool perf_can_sample_identifier(void);
 void perf_evlist__config(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 			 struct perf_record_opts *opts);
+int perf_record_opts__config(struct perf_record_opts *opts);
 
 int perf_evlist__prepare_workload(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 				  struct perf_target *target,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/record.c b/tools/perf/util/record.c
index 18d73aa2f0f..c8845b107f6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/record.c
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "cpumap.h"
 #include "parse-events.h"
+#include "fs.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 typedef void (*setup_probe_fn_t)(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
 
@@ -106,3 +108,72 @@ void perf_evlist__config(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 
 	perf_evlist__set_id_pos(evlist);
 }
+
+static int get_max_rate(unsigned int *rate)
+{
+	char path[PATH_MAX];
+	const char *procfs = procfs__mountpoint();
+
+	if (!procfs)
+		return -1;
+
+	snprintf(path, PATH_MAX,
+		 "%s/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate", procfs);
+
+	return filename__read_int(path, (int *) rate);
+}
+
+static int perf_record_opts__config_freq(struct perf_record_opts *opts)
+{
+	bool user_freq = opts->user_freq != UINT_MAX;
+	unsigned int max_rate;
+
+	if (opts->user_interval != ULLONG_MAX)
+		opts->default_interval = opts->user_interval;
+	if (user_freq)
+		opts->freq = opts->user_freq;
+
+	/*
+	 * User specified count overrides default frequency.
+	 */
+	if (opts->default_interval)
+		opts->freq = 0;
+	else if (opts->freq) {
+		opts->default_interval = opts->freq;
+	} else {
+		pr_err("frequency and count are zero, aborting\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (get_max_rate(&max_rate))
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * User specified frequency is over current maximum.
+	 */
+	if (user_freq && (max_rate < opts->freq)) {
+		pr_err("Maximum frequency rate (%u) reached.\n"
+		   "Please use -F freq option with lower value or consider\n"
+		   "tweaking /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate.\n",
+		   max_rate);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Default frequency is over current maximum.
+	 */
+	if (max_rate < opts->freq) {
+		pr_warning("Lowering default frequency rate to %u.\n"
+			   "Please consider tweaking "
+			   "/proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate.\n",
+			   max_rate);
+		opts->freq = max_rate;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int perf_record_opts__config(struct perf_record_opts *opts)
+{
+	return perf_record_opts__config_freq(opts);
+}