From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753744AbcBILxQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Feb 2016 06:53:16 -0500 Received: from mail-pa0-f54.google.com ([209.85.220.54]:32928 "EHLO mail-pa0-f54.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751414AbcBILxP (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Feb 2016 06:53:15 -0500 From: Taeung Song To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jiri Olsa , Namhyung Kim , Ingo Molnar , Taeung Song Subject: [PATCH] perf python scripting: Append examples to err msg about audit-libs-python Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 20:53:10 +0900 Message-Id: <1455018790-13425-1-git-send-email-treeze.taeung@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.5.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To print the syscall name, the audit-libs-python package should be required. If not installed, print the erron string e.g. # perf script syscall-counts Install the audit-libs-python package to get syscall names. But the package name is different in Ubuntu so append examples the erron string like below. (similar to a error message of util/trace-event-scripting.c) # perf script syscall-counts Install the audit-libs-python package to get syscall names. For example: # apt-get install python-audit (Ubuntu) # yum install audit-libs-python (Fedora) etc. Signed-off-by: Taeung Song --- tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/lib/Perf/Trace/Util.py | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/lib/Perf/Trace/Util.py b/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/lib/Perf/Trace/Util.py index 15c8400..1d95009 100644 --- a/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/lib/Perf/Trace/Util.py +++ b/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/lib/Perf/Trace/Util.py @@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ try: except: if not audit_package_warned: audit_package_warned = True - print "Install the audit-libs-python package to get syscall names" + print "Install the audit-libs-python package to get syscall names.\n" \ + "For example:\n # apt-get install python-audit (Ubuntu)" \ + "\n # yum install audit-libs-python (Fedora)" \ + "\n etc.\n" def syscall_name(id): try: -- 2.5.0