linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] perf stat: explicit grouping yields unexpected results

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Date:	Tue, 03 Dec 2013 15:44:38 -0800
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Cc:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	"mingo\@elte.hu" <mingo@...e.hu>, David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>
Subject: Re: [BUG] perf stat: explicit grouping yields unexpected results

Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com> writes:
>>
> I don't understand why this need to be so complicated.
> Maybe just change the error code in case of group
> overcommitment? That way, the tool could distinguish
> and report the appropriate error message.

The existing errno is an ABI.

Also that would handle this case, but there are a bazillion other 
failure cases in perf. And we can't invent new errnos for all of them.

A string error interface would cover it all.

Usually when something strange like this happens in perf I have to apply
this patch
https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/3/8/432
and use ftrace to trace it down.

-Andi

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