if (quiet)
perf_quiet_option();
- if (symbol_conf.vmlinux_name &&
- access(symbol_conf.vmlinux_name, R_OK)) {
- pr_err("Invalid file: %s\n", symbol_conf.vmlinux_name);
- ret = -EINVAL;
- goto exit;
- }
- if (symbol_conf.kallsyms_name &&
- access(symbol_conf.kallsyms_name, R_OK)) {
- pr_err("Invalid file: %s\n", symbol_conf.kallsyms_name);
- ret = -EINVAL;
+ ret = symbol__validate_sym_arguments();
+ if (ret)
goto exit;
- }
if (report.inverted_callchain)
callchain_param.order = ORDER_CALLER;
refcount_set(&mi->refcnt, 1);
return mi;
}
+
+/*
+ * Checks that user supplied symbol kernel files are accessible because
+ * the default mechanism for accessing elf files fails silently. i.e. if
+ * debug syms for a build ID aren't found perf carries on normally. When
+ * they are user supplied we should assume that the user doesn't want to
+ * silently fail.
+ */
+int symbol__validate_sym_arguments(void)
+{
+ if (symbol_conf.vmlinux_name &&
+ access(symbol_conf.vmlinux_name, R_OK)) {
+ pr_err("Invalid file: %s\n", symbol_conf.vmlinux_name);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ if (symbol_conf.kallsyms_name &&
+ access(symbol_conf.kallsyms_name, R_OK)) {
+ pr_err("Invalid file: %s\n", symbol_conf.kallsyms_name);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}