[PATCH 1/2] tracing: show size of requested buffer

From: Robin H. Johnson
Date: Tue Aug 31 2021 - 00:45:08 EST


If the perf buffer isn't large enough, provide a hint about how large it
needs to be for whatever is running.

Signed-off-by: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
index 03be4435d103..26eed4b89100 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
@@ -400,7 +400,8 @@ void *perf_trace_buf_alloc(int size, struct pt_regs **regs, int *rctxp)
BUILD_BUG_ON(PERF_MAX_TRACE_SIZE % sizeof(unsigned long));

if (WARN_ONCE(size > PERF_MAX_TRACE_SIZE,
- "perf buffer not large enough"))
+ "perf buffer not large enough, wanted %d, have %d",
+ size, PERF_MAX_TRACE_SIZE))
return NULL;

*rctxp = rctx = perf_swevent_get_recursion_context();
--
2.33.0