improve error handling

[ust.git] / libust / relay.c

diff --git a/libust/relay.c b/libust/relay.c
index 1235a9a7cd481a17dd5dd9adc3bebed76e879826..3259adee432da29fb1b063605b1d7bab01be3255 100644 (file)
--- a/libust/relay.c
+++ b/libust/relay.c
@@ -101,7 +101,11 @@ static int relay_alloc_buf(struct rchan_buf *buf, size_t *size)
        *size = PAGE_ALIGN(*size);
 
        result = buf->shmid = shmget(getpid(), *size, IPC_CREAT | IPC_EXCL | 0700);
-       if(buf->shmid == -1) {
+       if(result == -1 && errno == EINVAL) {
+               ERR("shmget() returned EINVAL; maybe /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax should be increased.");
+               return -1;
+       }
+       else if(result == -1) {
                PERROR("shmget");
                return -1;
        }
@@ -2466,8 +2470,6 @@ static /* inline */ void ltt_write_commit_counter(struct rchan_buf *buf,
         */
        ltt_write_commit_counter(buf, ltt_buf, endidx,
                                 buf_offset, commit_count, data_size);
-
-       DBG("commited slot. now commit count is %ld", commit_count);
 }