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

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Fri Nov 27 2015 - 14:56:36 EST


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>
> ---
> 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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