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-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index c9137ba..7ba0f03 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -1150,7 +1150,8 @@
int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
{
struct perf_evsel *pos;
- int status = -ENOMEM;
+ int status;
+ char errbuf[BUFSIZ];
struct perf_top top = {
.count_filter = 5,
.delay_secs = 2,
@@ -1252,10 +1253,22 @@
setup_browser(false);
- perf_target__validate(&top.target);
+ status = perf_target__validate(&top.target);
+ if (status) {
+ perf_target__strerror(&top.target, status, errbuf, BUFSIZ);
+ ui__warning("%s", errbuf);
+ }
- if (perf_target__parse_uid(&top.target) < 0)
+ status = perf_target__parse_uid(&top.target);
+ if (status) {
+ int saved_errno = errno;
+
+ perf_target__strerror(&top.target, status, errbuf, BUFSIZ);
+ ui__warning("%s", errbuf);
+
+ status = -saved_errno;
goto out_delete_evlist;
+ }
if (top.target.tid == 0 && top.target.pid == 0 &&
top.target.uid_str == NULL)