objtool: Improve error message for bad file argument
authorJosh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Mon, 15 Jan 2018 14:17:08 +0000 (08:17 -0600)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Tue, 16 Jan 2018 00:27:27 +0000 (01:27 +0100)
If a nonexistent file is supplied to objtool, it complains with a
non-helpful error:

  open: No such file or directory

Improve it to:

  objtool: Can't open 'foo': No such file or directory

Reported-by: Markus <M4rkusXXL@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/406a3d00a21225eee2819844048e17f68523ccf6.1516025651.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
tools/objtool/elf.c

index 24460155c82c9b2305a2484d037be9017a00becb..c1c338661699788c8189becaab8465ed1bdcd775 100644 (file)
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 
 #include "elf.h"
 #include "warn.h"
@@ -358,7 +359,8 @@ struct elf *elf_open(const char *name, int flags)
 
        elf->fd = open(name, flags);
        if (elf->fd == -1) {
-               perror("open");
+               fprintf(stderr, "objtool: Can't open '%s': %s\n",
+                       name, strerror(errno));
                goto err;
        }