Re: [PATCH core] perf data: Adding error message if perf_data__create_dir fails

[Jiri Olsa]

On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 06:23:40PM +0300, Alexey Bayduraev wrote:
> There is no notification about data directory creation failure. Add it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Bayduraev <alexey.v.bayduraev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> index 0bc6529814b2..0306d5911de2 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> @@ -1186,8 +1186,10 @@ static int record__mmap_evlist(struct record *rec,
>  
>  	if (record__threads_enabled(rec)) {
>  		ret = perf_data__create_dir(&rec->data, evlist->core.nr_mmaps);
> -		if (ret)
> +		if (ret) {
> +			pr_err("Failed to create data directory: %s\n", strerror(errno));

errno will be misleading in here, because perf_data__create_dir
calls other syscalls on error path

jirka

>  			return ret;
> +		}
>  		for (i = 0; i < evlist->core.nr_mmaps; i++) {
>  			if (evlist->mmap)
>  				evlist->mmap[i].file = &rec->data.dir.files[i];
> -- 
> 2.19.0
>