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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/map.c | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 12 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/map.c b/tools/perf/util/map.c index b39b12a1208d..728129ac653a 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/map.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/map.c @@ -312,6 +312,9 @@ int map__load(struct map *map, symbol_filter_t filter) pr_warning("%.*s was updated (is prelink enabled?). " "Restart the long running apps that use it!\n", (int)real_len, name); + } else if (filter) { + pr_warning("no symbols passed the given filter.\n"); + return -2; /* Empty but maybe by the filter */ } else { pr_warning("no symbols found in %s, maybe install " "a debug package?\n", name); diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c index d4f8835c0a27..953dc1ab2ed7 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c @@ -3312,8 +3312,16 @@ int show_available_funcs(const char *target, struct strfilter *_filter, /* Load symbols with given filter */ available_func_filter = _filter; - if (map__load(map, filter_available_functions)) { - pr_err("Failed to load symbols in %s\n", (target) ? : "kernel"); + ret = map__load(map, filter_available_functions); + if (ret) { + if (ret == -2) { + char *str = strfilter__string(_filter); + pr_err("Failed to find symbols matched to \"%s\"\n", + str); + free(str); + } else + pr_err("Failed to load symbols in %s\n", + (target) ? : "kernel"); goto end; } if (!dso__sorted_by_name(map->dso, map->type)) |