On Wed, 15 May 2013 13:43:59 -0500
Cliff Wickman <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: Cliff Wickman <[email protected]>
> 
> If the vmlinux does not have dwarf information makedumpfile fails in
> a rather obscure way, with a flood of redundant errors,
> 
> Make it fail with more of a hint of what is wrong.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cliff Wickman <[email protected]>
> ---
>  dwarf_info.c |    4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> Index: makedumpfile.mmap/dwarf_info.c
> ===================================================================
> --- makedumpfile.mmap.orig/dwarf_info.c
> +++ makedumpfile.mmap/dwarf_info.c
> @@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ process_module (Dwfl_Module *dwflmod,
>  
>       /* get a debug context descriptor.*/
>       dwarf_info.dwarfd = dwfl_module_getdwarf (dwflmod, &dwbias);
> +     if (dwarf_info.dwarfd == NULL) {
> +             fprintf(stderr, "makedumpfile: dwfl_module_getdwarf error\n");
> +             exit(1);
> +     }

I agree to insert this message here, but don't agree to abort without
any error handling.
I think the code below seems better:

        if (dwarf_info.dwarfd == NULL) {
                ERRMSG("dwfl_module_getdwarf error.\n");
                return DWARF_CB_ABORT;
        }


Thanks
Atsushi Kumagai

>       dwarf_info.elfd = dwarf_getelf(dwarf_info.dwarfd);
>  
>       mod_name = dwfl_module_info(dwflmod, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
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