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-rw-r--r--tools/lib/api/fs/debugfs.c27
-rw-r--r--tools/lib/api/fs/debugfs.h2
2 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/debugfs.c b/tools/lib/api/fs/debugfs.c
index 86ea2d7b8845..fb700eed61c2 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/fs/debugfs.c
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/debugfs.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
@@ -98,3 +99,29 @@ char *debugfs_mount(const char *mountpoint)
out:
return debugfs_mountpoint;
}
+
+int debugfs__strerror_open(int err, char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+ char sbuf[128];
+
+ switch (err) {
+ case ENOENT:
+ snprintf(buf, size, "%s",
+ "Error:\tUnable to find debugfs\n"
+ "Hint:\tWas your kernel compiled with debugfs support?\n"
+ "Hint:\tIs the debugfs filesystem mounted?\n"
+ "Hint:\tTry 'sudo mount -t debugfs nodev /sys/kernel/debug'");
+ break;
+ case EACCES:
+ snprintf(buf, size,
+ "Error:\tNo permissions to read %s/tracing/events/raw_syscalls\n"
+ "Hint:\tTry 'sudo mount -o remount,mode=755 %s'\n",
+ debugfs_mountpoint, debugfs_mountpoint);
+ break;
+ default:
+ snprintf(buf, size, "%s", strerror_r(err, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));
+ break;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/debugfs.h b/tools/lib/api/fs/debugfs.h
index f19d3df9609d..afa5043fec61 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/fs/debugfs.h
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/debugfs.h
@@ -26,4 +26,6 @@ char *debugfs_mount(const char *mountpoint);
extern char debugfs_mountpoint[];
+int debugfs__strerror_open(int err, char *buf, size_t size);
+
#endif /* __API_DEBUGFS_H__ */