[PATCH 10/26] perf record: Improve write_output error message

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Tue Oct 22 2013 - 10:34:43 EST


From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>

Improve the error message from write_output() to say what failed to
write and give the error number.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1382099356-4918-4-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 92ca5419073b..d269dfa3ab08 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static int write_output(struct perf_record *rec, void *buf, size_t size)
int ret = write(rec->output, buf, size);

if (ret < 0) {
- pr_err("failed to write\n");
+ pr_err("failed to write perf data, error: %m\n");
return -1;
}

--
1.8.1.4

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