linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf tools: Emit clearer message for sys_perf_event

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Message-ID: <20110325183745.GF13180@ghostprotocols.net>
Date:	Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:37:45 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>
To:	David Ahern <daahern@...co.com>
Cc:	linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	mingo@...e.hu, peterz@...radead.org, fweisbec@...il.com,
	paulus@...ba.org, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf tools: Emit clearer message for sys_perf_event_open
 ENOENT return

Em Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 12:26:41PM -0600, David Ahern escreveu:
> On 03/25/11 12:08, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > Em Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 12:05:50PM -0600, David Ahern escreveu:
> >> Resend of patch sent back in January 2011 in light of recent confusion around
> >> unsupported events for a given platform.
> >>
> >> Improve sys_perf_event_open ENOENT return handling in top and record, just
> >> like 5a3446b does for stat.
> >>
> >> Retry of Arnaldo's patch using error instead of die which allows the fallback
> >> from hardware cycles to software clock.
> > 
> > Please use ui__warning(""...) as it will work in the TUI too.
> 
> error() is consistent with current pattern. Is ui__warning the
> preference for new messages? Is that for perf-top only?

Yes, it is, it takes care of using TUI of doing it like error() does.
Eventually error(), etc will go away.

- Arnaldo
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