[for-next][PATCH 2/3] tracing: Show size of requested perf buffer

Steven Rostedt
2021-10-28T02:29:54Z

From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@gentoo.org>

If the perf buffer isn't large enough, provide a hint about how large it
needs to be for whatever is running.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210831043723.13481-1-robbat2@gentoo.org

Signed-off-by: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
index fba8cb77a73a..a114549720d6 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
@@ -400,7 +400,8 @@ void *perf_trace_buf_alloc(int size, struct pt_regs **regs, int *rctxp)
BUILD_BUG_ON(PERF_MAX_TRACE_SIZE % sizeof(unsigned long));

if (WARN_ONCE(size > PERF_MAX_TRACE_SIZE,
- "perf buffer not large enough"))
+ "perf buffer not large enough, wanted %d, have %d",
+ size, PERF_MAX_TRACE_SIZE))
return NULL;

*rctxp = rctx = perf_swevent_get_recursion_context();
--
2.33.0