[PATCH 18/21] perf bpf: Show better message when failing to load an object

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Wed Aug 01 2018 - 17:38:04 EST


From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>

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 <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-wi44iid0yjfht3lcvplc75fm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
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;
--
2.14.4