linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf: Remove newline character from perror() argument

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Date:	Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:34:48 +0100
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf: Remove newline character from perror() argument

On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 12:52:51PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 04:46:19PM +0100, Matt Fleming escreveu:
> > If we include a newline character in the string argument to perror()
> > then the output will be split across two lines like so,
> > 
> >     Unable to read perf file descriptor
> >     : No space left on device
> > 
> > Deleting the newline character prints a much more readable error,
> > 
> >     Unable to read perf file descriptor: No space left on device
> 
> Thanks, applying.
> 
> - Arnaldo

Hi Arnaldo,

Whatever happend to this? I can't see it in any of the perf trees.
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