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Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/session.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c index 8f83a18..0564a5c 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/session.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c @@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ static int perf_session__open(struct perf_session *self, bool force) self->fd = open(self->filename, O_RDONLY); if (self->fd < 0) { - pr_err("failed to open file: %s", self->filename); - if (!strcmp(self->filename, "perf.data")) + int err = errno; + + pr_err("failed to open %s: %s", self->filename, strerror(err)); + if (err == ENOENT && !strcmp(self->filename, "perf.data")) pr_err(" (try 'perf record' first)"); pr_err("\n"); return -errno; |
