From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752251AbeAJHFq (ORCPT + 1 other); Wed, 10 Jan 2018 02:05:46 -0500 Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:1311 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752031AbeAJHFo (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jan 2018 02:05:44 -0500 X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.46,338,1511856000"; d="scan'208";a="193649354" From: Jin Yao To: acme@kernel.org, jolsa@kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org, mingo@redhat.com, alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com Cc: Linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ak@linux.intel.com, kan.liang@intel.com, yao.jin@intel.com, Jin Yao Subject: [PATCH v1 1/8] perf report: Improve error msg when no first/last sample time found Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 23:00:26 +0800 Message-Id: <1515596433-24653-2-git-send-email-yao.jin@linux.intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 In-Reply-To: <1515596433-24653-1-git-send-email-yao.jin@linux.intel.com> References: <1515596433-24653-1-git-send-email-yao.jin@linux.intel.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-Path: The following message will be returned to user when executing 'perf report --time' if perf data file doesn't contain the first/last sample time. "HINT: no first/last sample time found in perf data. Please use latest perf binary to execute 'perf record' (if '--buildid-all' is enabled, needs to set '--timestamp-boundary')." Signed-off-by: Jin Yao --- tools/perf/builtin-report.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c index dd4df9a..a6c5cf2 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c @@ -1299,7 +1299,9 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv) if (perf_time__parse_str(report.ptime_range, report.time_str) != 0) { if (session->evlist->first_sample_time == 0 && session->evlist->last_sample_time == 0) { - pr_err("No first/last sample time in perf data\n"); + pr_err("HINT: no first/last sample time found in perf data.\n" + "Please use latest perf binary to execute 'perf record'\n" + "(if '--buildid-all' is enabled, please set '--timestamp-boundary').\n"); return -EINVAL; } -- 2.7.4