linux-kernel - [for-next][PATCH 2/3] tracing: Show size of requested perf buffer

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Message-ID: <20211028022946.780675650@goodmis.org>
Date:   Wed, 27 Oct 2021 22:29:17 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@...too.org>
Subject: [for-next][PATCH 2/3] tracing: Show size of requested perf buffer

From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@...too.org>

If the perf buffer isn't large enough, provide a hint about how large it
needs to be for whatever is running.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210831043723.13481-1-robbat2@gentoo.org

Signed-off-by: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@...too.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
index fba8cb77a73a..a114549720d6 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
@@ -400,7 +400,8 @@ void *perf_trace_buf_alloc(int size, struct pt_regs **regs, int *rctxp)
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(PERF_MAX_TRACE_SIZE % sizeof(unsigned long));
 
 	if (WARN_ONCE(size > PERF_MAX_TRACE_SIZE,
-		      "perf buffer not large enough"))
+		      "perf buffer not large enough, wanted %d, have %d",
+		      size, PERF_MAX_TRACE_SIZE))
 		return NULL;
 
 	*rctxp = rctx = perf_swevent_get_recursion_context();
-- 
2.33.0