Re: [PATCHv9 2.6.35-rc4-tip 10/13] perf: Re-Add make_absolute_path

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Mon Jul 12 2010 - 10:30:44 EST


On Mon, 2010-07-12 at 11:00 -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:

> Also please remove the xstrdup and die calls from this function, we're
> trying to get rid of all such 'panic' like functions so that we can
> librarize as much code as possible.
>

What I found useful with the "die" calls with trace-cmd is that I made
them weak, and then they could be overwritten by apps. Thus, in
kernelshark, the die and warning functions produce pop-ups and bug
reports.

-- Steve


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