linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/6] perf util: hint missing file when tool tips fail to load

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Date:   Tue, 11 Apr 2017 23:49:16 -0700
From:   David Carrillo-Cisneros <davidcc@...gle.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, Simon Que <sque@...omium.org>,
        Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        He Kuang <hekuang@...wei.com>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>,
        David Carrillo-Cisneros <davidcc@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] perf util: hint missing file when tool tips fail to load

Besides memory allocation failure, tips.txt may fail to load
because the file is not found (a more likely cause).

Communicate that to the user in tips failure warning.

Signed-off-by: David Carrillo-Cisneros <davidcc@...gle.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/util.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index d8b45cea54d0..6097d87429e2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -696,7 +696,8 @@ const char *perf_tip(const char *dirpath)
 
 	tips = strlist__new("tips.txt", &conf);
 	if (tips == NULL)
-		return errno == ENOENT ? NULL : "Tip: get more memory! ;-p";
+		return errno == ENOENT ? NULL :
+			"Tip: check path of tips.txt or get more memory! ;-p";
 
 	if (strlist__nr_entries(tips) == 0)
 		goto out;
-- 
2.12.2.715.g7642488e1d-goog