Bug 1448402

Oops, it doesn't use open, because it already found the file did not exist.  Here's what it's looking for:

$ strace -f -e file perf report 2>&1 | grep tips.txt
access("/usr/share/doc/perf-tip/tips.txt", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
access("/builddir/build/BUILD/kernel-4.10.fc25/linux-4.10.13-200.fc25.x86_64/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
# (Cannot load tips.txt file, please install perf!)

This is a weird edge case of how perf gets packaged. We intentionally delete the tips documentation because we don't package the docs (it creates more work than benefit). Unfortunately, perf seems to think that means it isn't installed at all(?) and generates a confusing message as you've discovered. I'm torn if upstream would accept a patch to fix this or just grumble that we should package it properly.

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Yep, still happening with perf-4.15.0-300.fc27.x86_64

Still happening with perf-4.16.0-302.fc28.x86_64

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Still happening with perf-4.19.3-300.fc29.x86_64 & kernel-4.19.4-300.fc29.x86_64.

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tips.txt is still missing even with kernel-4.19.6-300.fc29.x86_64

Still a problem in perf-4.19.10-300.fc29.x86_64

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Still a problem with kernel-4.20.5-200.fc29.x86_64 & perf-4.20.5-200.fc29.x86_64.

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$ strace -f -e file perf report 2>&1 | grep tips.txt
access("/usr/share/doc/perf-tip/tips.txt", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
access("/builddir/build/BUILD/kernel-4.10.fc25/linux-4.10.13-200.fc25.x86_64/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
# (Cannot load tips.txt file, please install perf!)

Shows that the file is not in the rpm.
Where do we find the tips.txt file that should be installed in the rpm or is there a perf-docs.rpm package?

$ strace -f -e file perf report -i perf.data.fc30 2>&1 | grep tips.txt
access("/usr/share/doc/perf-tip/tips.txt", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
access("/builddir/build/BUILD/kernel-5.3.fc30/linux-5.3/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

The file is:

For a higher level overview, try: perf report --sort comm,dso
Sample related events with: perf record -e '{cycles,instructions}:S'
Compare performance results with: perf diff [<old file> <new file>]
Boolean options have negative forms, e.g.: perf report --no-children
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Limit to show entries above 5% only: perf report --percent-limit 5
Profiling branch (mis)predictions with: perf record -b / perf report
Treat branches as callchains: perf report --branch-history
To count events in every 1000 msec: perf stat -I 1000
Print event counts in CSV format with: perf stat -x,
If you have debuginfo enabled, try: perf report -s sym,srcline
For memory address profiling, try: perf mem record / perf mem report
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To record every process run by a user: perf record -u <user>
Skip collecting build-id when recording: perf record -B
To change sampling frequency to 100 Hz: perf record -F 100
See assembly instructions with percentage: perf annotate <symbol>
If you prefer Intel style assembly, try: perf annotate -M intel
For hierarchical output, try: perf report --hierarchy
Order by the overhead of source file name and line number: perf report -s srcline
System-wide collection from all CPUs: perf record -a
Show current config key-value pairs: perf config --list
Show user configuration overrides: perf config --user --list
To add Node.js USDT(User-Level Statically Defined Tracing): perf buildid-cache --add `which node`
To report cacheline events from previous recording: perf c2c report

I downloaded the kernel from kernel.org and copyied the file from out of the package and put it in the right spot.

Created attachment 1641702 [details]
The file that should be included in either perf.rpm or kernel.rpm

This file should be included in the perf rpm package or kernel package.

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Fixed in Fedora 32 by perf-5.5.0-0.rc6.git0.1.fc32.x86_64 which provides /usr/share/doc/perf-tip/tips.txt

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