Re: [PATCH] perf buildid-cache: Warn --purge-all failures

[Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>]

On Wed,  9 May 2018 20:22:05 +0530
Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@linux.ibm.com> wrote:

> Warn perf buildid-cache --purge-all failures in non verbose mode.
> Ex,
> 
>   $ sudo chown root:root /home/ravi/.debug -R
>   $ ./perf buildid-cache -P
>     Error: Permission denied.
> 
> Suggested-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
> index 7a7403913b57..ef6b3cc8d57d 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
> @@ -488,8 +488,12 @@ int cmd_buildid_cache(int argc, const char **argv)
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> -	if (purge_all)
> -		ret = build_id_cache__purge_all();
> +	if (purge_all) {
> +		if (build_id_cache__purge_all()) {
> +			pr_warning("Error: %s.\n",
> +				str_error_r(errno, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));

I would like to see "Couldn't remove some caches: error reason..."
as same as other error messages.

Thank you,

> +		}
> +	}
>  
>  	if (missing_filename)
>  		ret = build_id_cache__fprintf_missing(session, stdout);
> -- 
> 2.14.3
> 


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Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>