Re: [PATCH] tools/perf probe: Print a hint if adding a probe fails

[Naveen N. Rao]

Hi Arnaldo,

Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 07:29:26PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu escreveu:
> > Hi Naveen,
> >
> > On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 15:14:42 +0530
> > "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Adding a probe can fail in a few scenarios. perf already checks for the
> > > address in the kprobe blacklist. However, the address could still be a
> > > jump label, or have a BUG_ON(). In such cases, it isn't always evident
> > > why adding the probe failed. Add a hint so that the user knows how to
> > > proceed.
> > > 
> >
> > Thanks for the report.
> >
> > Since now there is <tracefs>/error_log, if you see any errors in registering
> > probe-events, perf probe should dump the error_log for the hint message.
> > Also, kprobes should return the correct different error code for each
> > errors.
>
> Was there any followup on this? I think we should do as Masami suggests,
> Naveen, could you do it?

Thanks for checking. We have been discussing this on the kernel side of 
things here (sorry, missed copying you on that):
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210610085617.1590138-1-naveen.n.rao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I will work on the related changes to perf after the kernel changes.


Thanks,
Naveen