[PATCH] Adding an error message to indicate perf_event cgroupsubsys not mounted.

From: Will Auld
Date: Thu Mar 21 2013 - 14:34:41 EST


Adding an error message to indicate that there is no mounted perf_event
cgroup while using -G or --cgroup options with perf.

Signed-off-by: Will Auld <will.auld@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/cgroup.c | 4 +++-
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
index 96bbda1..4126beb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ cgroupfs_find_mountpoint(char *buf, size_t maxlen)
break;
}
fclose(fp);
- if (!found)
+ if (!found) {
+ error("No cgroup mounted with \'perf_event\' type");
return -1;
+ }

if (strlen(mountpoint) < maxlen) {
strcpy(buf, mountpoint);
--
1.7.1



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