libelf provides an errno/strerror-like facility. This commit updates various error messages to include helpful error text. Signed-off-by: Giuliano Procida <gprocida@xxxxxxxxxx> --- libbtf.c | 16 +++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/libbtf.c b/libbtf.c index 7552d8e..9f76283 100644 --- a/libbtf.c +++ b/libbtf.c @@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ try_as_raw_btf: btfe->elf = elf_begin(btfe->in_fd, ELF_C_READ_MMAP, NULL); if (!btfe->elf) { - fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot read %s ELF file.\n", - __func__, filename); + fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot read %s ELF file: %s.\n", + __func__, filename, elf_errmsg(elf_errno())); goto errout; } } @@ -707,13 +707,15 @@ static int btf_elf__write(const char *filename, struct btf *btf) } if (elf_version(EV_CURRENT) == EV_NONE) { - fprintf(stderr, "Cannot set libelf version.\n"); + fprintf(stderr, "Cannot set libelf version: %s.\n", + elf_errmsg(elf_errno())); goto out; } elf = elf_begin(fd, ELF_C_RDWR, NULL); if (elf == NULL) { - fprintf(stderr, "Cannot update ELF file.\n"); + fprintf(stderr, "Cannot update ELF file: %s.\n", + elf_errmsg(elf_errno())); goto out; } @@ -721,7 +723,8 @@ static int btf_elf__write(const char *filename, struct btf *btf) ehdr = gelf_getehdr(elf, &ehdr_mem); if (ehdr == NULL) { - fprintf(stderr, "%s: elf_getehdr failed.\n", __func__); + fprintf(stderr, "%s: elf_getehdr failed: %s.\n", __func__, + elf_errmsg(elf_errno())); goto out; } @@ -764,6 +767,9 @@ static int btf_elf__write(const char *filename, struct btf *btf) if (elf_update(elf, ELF_C_NULL) >= 0 && elf_update(elf, ELF_C_WRITE) >= 0) err = 0; + else + fprintf(stderr, "%s: elf_update failed: %s.\n", + __func__, elf_errmsg(elf_errno())); } else { const char *llvm_objcopy; char tmp_fn[PATH_MAX]; -- 2.30.0.280.ga3ce27912f-goog