[tip:perf/core] perf record: Improve write_output error message

[tip-bot for Adrian Hunter]

Commit-ID:  4f624685f92719565981eb6f8d9195bb578522a3
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/4f624685f92719565981eb6f8d9195bb578522a3
Author:     Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 15:29:00 +0300
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 11:19:06 -0300

perf record: Improve write_output error message

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 92ca541..d269dfa 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;
 		}
 
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