perf tools: Introduce perf_target__strerror()
The perf_target__strerror() sets @buf to a string that describes the
(perf_target-specific) error condition that is passed via @errnum.
This is similar to strerror_r() and does same thing if @errnum has a
standard errno value.
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@lge.com>
Suggested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net>
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1336367344-28071-6-git-send-email-namhyung.kim@lge.com
[ committer note: No need to use PERF_ERRNO_TARGET__SUCCESS, use shorter idiom ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index d26a279..c8bf6ea 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -831,6 +831,7 @@
struct perf_evsel *pos;
struct perf_evlist *evsel_list;
struct perf_record *rec = &record;
+ char errbuf[BUFSIZ];
perf_header__set_cmdline(argc, argv);
@@ -884,11 +885,24 @@
goto out_symbol_exit;
}
- perf_target__validate(&rec->opts.target);
+ err = perf_target__validate(&rec->opts.target);
+ if (err) {
+ perf_target__strerror(&rec->opts.target, err, errbuf, BUFSIZ);
+ ui__warning("%s", errbuf);
+ }
- if (perf_target__parse_uid(&rec->opts.target) < 0)
+ err = perf_target__parse_uid(&rec->opts.target);
+ if (err) {
+ int saved_errno = errno;
+
+ perf_target__strerror(&rec->opts.target, err, errbuf, BUFSIZ);
+ ui__warning("%s", errbuf);
+
+ err = -saved_errno;
goto out_free_fd;
+ }
+ err = -ENOMEM;
if (perf_evlist__create_maps(evsel_list, &rec->opts.target) < 0)
usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);