linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] perf ui/gtk: Use struct perf_error

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Date:	Mon, 07 May 2012 16:40:19 +0900
From:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
Cc:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] perf ui/gtk: Use struct perf_error_ops

Hi,

On Mon, 7 May 2012 10:17:41 +0300, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com> wrote:
>> Define and use perf_gtk_eops to provide a GTK2 message
>> dialog for error reporting. To do that, we need global
>> main_window variable for tracking UI state.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>
>
> I still don't like the dialog-based approach because it requires the
> *user* to respond. Just add a label to the GTK window and show the
> latest message there. If you want to make it even prettier, make the
> label clickable and open up a popup that shows all the warnings and
> errors in a separate window...

As I said before, most of calls to ui__warning/error are called just
before the main window is closed or critical enough to require user's
reponse - if not, it probably needs to use other API.

So I think it's OK for the current symantics of the API.

Thanks,
Namhyung
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