Re: [PATCH] perf: cs-etm: Improve missing sink warning message

[Suzuki K Poulose]

On 23/01/2023 16:11, James Clark wrote:
> Make the sink error message more similar to the event error message that
> reminds about missing kernel support. The available sinks are also
> determined by the hardware so mention that too.
>
> Also, usually it's not necessary to specify the sink, so add that as a
> hint.
>
> Now the error for a made up sink looks like this:
>
>    $ perf record -e cs_etm/@abc/
>    Couldn't find sink "abc" on event cs_etm/@abc/.
>    Missing kernel or device support? Errno: 2 (No such file or directory)
>
>    Hint: An appropriate sink will picked automatically if none is specified.
>
> Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>   tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c | 4 +++-
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c
> index 481e170cd3f1..c6195a7a3cbf 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c
> @@ -283,7 +283,9 @@ static int cs_etm_set_sink_attr(struct perf_pmu *pmu,
>   
>   		ret = perf_pmu__scan_file(pmu, path, "%x", &hash);
>   		if (ret != 1) {
> -			pr_err("failed to set sink \"%s\" on event %s with %d (%s)\n",
> +			pr_err("Couldn't find sink \"%s\" on event %s\n"

Could this be tied to "errno == ENOENT" ?  Otherwise, this could be 
guiding the user to wrong direction.

> +			       "Missing kernel or device support? errno: %d (%s)\n\n"
> +			       "Hint: An appropriate sink will picked automatically if one isn't specified.\n",

minor nit: "... sink will *be* picked.." ?

Otherwise, looks good to me.

Suzuki

>   			       sink, evsel__name(evsel), errno,
>   			       str_error_r(errno, msg, sizeof(msg)));
>   			return ret;
>
> base-commit: 5670ebf54bd26482f57a094c53bdc562c106e0a9