[PATCH 1/3] tools/perf: Fix error message

Sukadev Bhattiprolu sukadev at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Fri Oct 3 10:53:34 EST 2014


Sometimes, eg: with a stripped vmlinux, we can open the file but
cannot load any symbols from it. Update error message accordingly
so the users can better understand the error.

Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/map.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/map.c b/tools/perf/util/map.c
index b709059..c478092 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/map.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/map.c
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ int map__load(struct map *map, symbol_filter_t filter)
 			pr_warning("%s with build id %s not found",
 				   name, sbuild_id);
 		} else
-			pr_warning("Failed to open %s", name);
+			pr_warning("Failed to load symbols for DSO %s", name);
 
 		pr_warning(", continuing without symbols\n");
 		return -1;
-- 
1.8.3.1



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