Comment 2 for bug 2019247

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Craig Ringer (ringerc) wrote :

This still appears to be an issue. Events are listed in `perf list` but not available for use by `perf record`

e.g.

$ sudo /usr/lib/linux-tools/6.2.0-39-generic/perf record -e syscalls:sys_enter_fsync -ag
event syntax error: 'syscalls:sys_enter_fsync'
                     \___ unsupported tracepoint

libtraceevent is necessary for tracepoint support
Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events

 Usage: perf record [<options>] [<command>]
    or: perf record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>]

    -e, --event <event> event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events

➜ test git:(UPM-29742) ✗ /usr/lib/linux-tools/6.2.0-39-generic/perf version
perf version 6.2.16