linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] objtool: Improve error message for bad file argument

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Message-Id: <406a3d00a21225eee2819844048e17f68523ccf6.1516025651.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon, 15 Jan 2018 08:17:08 -0600
From:   Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Markus <M4rkusXXL@....de>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] objtool: Improve error message for bad file argument

If a nonexistent file is supplied to objtool, it complains with a
non-helpful error:

  open: No such file or directory

Improve it to:

  objtool: Can't open 'foo': No such file or directory

Reported-by: Markus <M4rkusXXL@....de>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
---
 tools/objtool/elf.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index 24460155c82c..c1c338661699 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 
 #include "elf.h"
 #include "warn.h"
@@ -358,7 +359,8 @@ struct elf *elf_open(const char *name, int flags)
 
 	elf->fd = open(name, flags);
 	if (elf->fd == -1) {
-		perror("open");
+		fprintf(stderr, "objtool: Can't open '%s': %s\n",
+			name, strerror(errno));
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-- 
2.14.3