Commit-ID: 739e2edc848af30fefa66d6c422c00ca9a701c06 Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/739e2edc848af30fefa66d6c422c00ca9a701c06 Author: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:58:57 -0300 Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]> CommitDate: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:58:57 -0300
perf bpf: Show better message when failing to load an object Before: libbpf: license of tools/perf/examples/bpf/etcsnoop.c is GPL libbpf: section(6) version, size 4, link 0, flags 3, type=1 libbpf: kernel version of tools/perf/examples/bpf/etcsnoop.c is 41200 libbpf: section(7) .symtab, size 120, link 1, flags 0, type=2 bpf: config program 'syscalls:sys_enter_openat' libbpf: load bpf program failed: Operation not permitted libbpf: failed to load program 'syscalls:sys_enter_openat' libbpf: failed to load object 'tools/perf/examples/bpf/etcsnoop.c' bpf: load objects failed After: (just the last line changes) bpf: load objects failed: err=-4009: (Incorrect kernel version) Cc: Adrian Hunter <[email protected]> Cc: David Ahern <[email protected]> Cc: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]> Cc: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]> Cc: Wang Nan <[email protected]> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]> --- tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c index cee658733e2c..3d02ae38ec56 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c @@ -747,7 +747,9 @@ int bpf__load(struct bpf_object *obj) err = bpf_object__load(obj); if (err) { - pr_debug("bpf: load objects failed\n"); + char bf[128]; + libbpf_strerror(err, bf, sizeof(bf)); + pr_debug("bpf: load objects failed: err=%d: (%s)\n", err, bf); return err; } return 0;
