perf report: Print more expressive message in case of file open error
Before:
$ perf report
failed to open file: No such file or directory
After:
$ perf report
failed to open file: perf.data (try 'perf record' first)
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <[email protected]>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <[email protected]>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 242e09f..f053a74 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -1120,7 +1120,10 @@
input = open(input_name, O_RDONLY);
if (input < 0) {
- perror("failed to open file");
+ fprintf(stderr, " failed to open file: %s", input_name);
+ if (!strcmp(input_name, "perf.data"))
+ fprintf(stderr, " (try 'perf record' first)");
+ fprintf(stderr, "\n");
exit(-1);
}
