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perf evlist: Introduce strerror_mmap method

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Commit-ID:  956fa57106d1ad3ffbe73f4534b9f3b3bc92dd6c
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/956fa57106d1ad3ffbe73f4534b9f3b3bc92dd6c
Author:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 18:03:01 -0300
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
CommitDate: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 18:03:01 -0300

perf evlist: Introduce strerror_mmap method

To pretty print hints about perf_evlist__mmap errors. Will be used in 'trace' in the next patch.

Cc Adrian Hunter <[email protected]>
Cc Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
Cc David Ahern <[email protected]>
Cc Don Zickus <[email protected]>
Cc Frederic Weisbecker <[email protected]>
Cc Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>
Cc Mike Galbraith <[email protected]>
Cc Namhyung Kim <[email protected]>
Cc Paul Mackerras <[email protected]>
Cc Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc Stephane Eranian <[email protected]>
Link http://lkml.kernel.org/n/[email protected] open here
Signed-off-by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
---
 tools/perf/util/evlist.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/evlist.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)
tools/perf/util/evlist.c +23 -0
index cfbe2b9..bb5dfc5 100644
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 #include "util.h"
 #include <api/fs/debugfs.h>
+#include <api/fs/fs.h>
 #include <poll.h>
 #include "cpumap.h"
 #include "thread_map.h"

@@ -1483,6 +1484,28 @@ int perf_evlist__strerror_open(struct perf_evlist *evlist __maybe_unused,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int perf_evlist__strerror_mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int err, char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE], *emsg = strerror_r(err, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf));
+	int value;
+
+	switch (err) {
+	case EPERM:
+		sysctl__read_int("kernel/perf_event_mlock_kb", &value);
+		scnprintf(buf, size, "Error:\t%s.\n"
+				     "Hint:\tCheck /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_mlock_kb (%d kB) setting.\n"
+				     "Hint:\tTried using %zd kB.\n"
+				     "Hint:\tTry using a bigger -m/--mmap-pages value.",
+				     emsg, value, evlist->mmap_len / 1024);
+		break;
+	default:
+		scnprintf(buf, size, "%s", emsg);
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 void perf_evlist__to_front(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 			   struct perf_evsel *move_evsel)
 {
tools/perf/util/evlist.h +1 -0
index 649b0c5..0ba93f6 100644
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ size_t perf_evlist__fprintf(struct perf_evlist *evlist, FILE *fp);
 
 int perf_evlist__strerror_tp(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int err, char *buf, size_t size);
 int perf_evlist__strerror_open(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int err, char *buf, size_t size);
+int perf_evlist__strerror_mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int err, char *buf, size_t size);
 
 static inline unsigned int perf_mmap__read_head(struct perf_mmap *mm)
 {