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 <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]> --- tools/objtool/elf.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c index 24460155c82c..c1c338661699 100644 --- a/tools/objtool/elf.c +++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c @@ -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; } -- 2.14.3
