Re: [PATCH 1/3] perf report: Show error message when processing sample fails

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Fri Nov 27 2015 - 14:57:30 EST


Em Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 04:56:27PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo escreveu:
> Em Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 02:32:37AM +0900, Namhyung Kim escreveu:
> > Currently when perf fails to process samples for some reason, it doesn't
> > show any message about the failure. This is very inconvenient for users
> > especially on TUI as screen is reset after the failure.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>

Ah, I added a :

Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>

As this was due to those messages from Ingo, right?

- Arnaldo

> > ---
> > tools/perf/builtin-report.c | 12 +++++++++---
> > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
> > index 8a9c6908f54e..af5db885ea9c 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
> > @@ -513,20 +513,26 @@ static int __cmd_report(struct report *rep)
> > if (rep->cpu_list) {
> > ret = perf_session__cpu_bitmap(session, rep->cpu_list,
> > rep->cpu_bitmap);
> > - if (ret)
> > + if (ret) {
> > + ui__error("failed to set cpu bitmap\n");
>
> Why? See below.
>
> > return ret;
> > + }
> > }
> >
> > if (rep->show_threads)
> > perf_read_values_init(&rep->show_threads_values);
> >
> > ret = report__setup_sample_type(rep);
> > - if (ret)
> > + if (ret) {
> > + /* report__setup_sample_type() already showed error message */
> > return ret;
> > + }
> >
> > ret = perf_session__process_events(session);
> > - if (ret)
> > + if (ret) {
> > + ui__error("failed to process sample\n");
> > return ret;
> > + }
>
> I'm applying this because it removes the potential flash, but would be
> good to have the reason for this failure shown to the user.
>
> - Arnaldo
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