linux/tools/lib
Jiri Olsa dc240c5dc2 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>
2015-09-28 15:50:54 -03:00
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api tools lib api fs: Store tracing mountpoint for better error message 2015-09-28 15:50:54 -03:00
bpf tools lib bpf: Use FEATURE_USER to allow building in the same dir as perf 2015-09-22 10:47:05 -03:00
lockdep tools/liblockdep: Use the rbtree header provided by common tools headers 2015-08-25 09:44:23 +02:00
symbol tools lib symbol: Start carving out symbol parsing routines from perf 2013-12-13 10:30:20 -03:00
traceevent Merge branch 'perf/urgent' into perf/core to pick up fixes before pulling new changes 2015-09-23 09:42:11 +02:00
util tools lib: Move asm-generic/bitops/find.h code to tools/include and tools/lib 2014-12-17 11:14:48 -03:00
hweight.c tools: Copy lib/hweight.c from the kernel sources 2015-07-09 16:29:56 -03:00
rbtree.c tools: Copy lib/rbtree.c to tools/lib/ 2015-07-05 22:48:21 -03:00