linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/15] tools lib api: Make tracing_path_strerror

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Message-ID: <20150902134450.GB27164@krava.brq.redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 2 Sep 2015 15:44:50 +0200
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
	Raphaël Beamonte <raphael.beamonte@...il.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/15] tools lib api: Make tracing_path_strerror_open
 message generic

On Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 10:18:44AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 09:56:36AM +0200, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> > Making tracing_path__strerror_open_tp message generic by mentioning
> 
> What means "making message generic"? What is the current behaviour you
> think is problematic. what is the new behaviour ad why do you think it
> is better?
> 
> The test for ENOENT became confusing, i.e. since this was a test for
> "tracefs", if debugfs_configured() returned true, i.e. debugfs _was_
> found in the system, then, the message makes sense, even if probably
> could be made better, i.e. isn't true that if CONFIG_DEBUGFS is
> configured and furthermore, debugfs_configure() returns true, then it
> should be something like CONFIG_TRACEFS that needs enabling?
> 
> I applied all patches before this one, BTW.
> 
> - Arnaldo
> 
> > both debugfs/tracefs words in error message plus the tracing_path
> > instead of debugfs_mountpoint.
> > 
> > Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-5y7nboe2xe619hp649ry58z6@git.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
> > ---
> >  tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c | 20 ++++++++++----------
> >  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c b/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c
> > index 3b3e4f5fc50b..b0ee3b3acef0 100644
> > --- a/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c
> > +++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c
> > @@ -90,33 +90,33 @@ static int strerror_open(int err, char *buf, size_t size, const char *filename)
> >  
> >  	switch (err) {
> >  	case ENOENT:
> > -		if (debugfs_configured()) {
> > +		if (debugfs_configured() || tracefs_configured()) {
> >  			snprintf(buf, size,
> >  				 "Error:\tFile %s/%s not found.\n"
> >  				 "Hint:\tPerhaps this kernel misses some CONFIG_ setting to enable this feature?.\n",
> > -				 debugfs_mountpoint, filename);
> > +				 tracing_events_path, filename);
> 
> Humm

we will get here if we can't find the tracepoint, but one of
debugfs or tracefs is configured, which means you probably
want some tracepoint which wasn't compiled in your kernel

before it did not take into account we could have tracefs configured
thats what other changes in here are about, to consider tracefs mount

jirka
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