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authorJiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>2015-09-19 16:47:07 +0200
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2015-09-28 15:50:54 -0300
commitdc240c5dc2a02e335c5bcb50ad3a1274818c8609 (patch)
treeeddd6aeca2ce858c2beaba83bf392db6fe6aadfe /tools/build/Documentation
parentab9c2bdc8947482057b81258c0128952763661cb (diff)
tools lib api fs: Store tracing mountpoint for better error message
Storing the actual tracing path mountpoint to display correct error message hint ('Hint:' line). The error hint rediscovers mountpoints, but it could be different from what we actually used in tracing path. Before we'd display debugfs mount even though tracefs was used: $ perf record -e sched:sched_krava ls event syntax error: 'sched:sched_krava' \___ can't access trace events Error: No permissions to read /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_krava Hint: Try 'sudo mount -o remount,mode=755 /sys/kernel/debug' ... After this change, correct mountpoint is displayed: $ perf record -e sched:sched_krava ls event syntax error: 'sched:sched_krava' \___ can't access trace events Error: No permissions to read /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_krava Hint: Try 'sudo mount -o remount,mode=755 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing' ... Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Raphael Beamonte <raphael.beamonte@gmail.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1442674027-19427-1-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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