Fix: meaningful error message

[lttng-tools.git] / src / common / sessiond-comm / sessiond-comm.c

diff --git a/src/common/sessiond-comm/sessiond-comm.c b/src/common/sessiond-comm/sessiond-comm.c
index 8a5ff1d3f10520efb26bef784dc7847fd7fba033..fdd5856c0c0fe2328e12ceb050f6bcbd9814c72e 100644 (file)
--- a/src/common/sessiond-comm/sessiond-comm.c
+++ b/src/common/sessiond-comm/sessiond-comm.c
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ static const char *lttcomm_readable_code[] = {
        [ LTTCOMM_ERR_INDEX(CONSUMERD_SPLICE_ENOMEM) ] = "consumerd splice ENOMEM",
        [ LTTCOMM_ERR_INDEX(CONSUMERD_SPLICE_ESPIPE) ] = "consumerd splice ESPIPE",
        [ LTTCOMM_ERR_INDEX(LTTCOMM_NO_EVENT) ] = "Event not found",
+       [ LTTCOMM_ERR_INDEX(LTTCOMM_NEED_ROOT_SESSIOND) ] = "A root lttng-sessiond needs to be running, and client user part of the \"tracing\" group, to interact with kernel tracing",
 };
 
 /*
@@ -292,7 +293,13 @@ ssize_t lttcomm_send_unix_sock(int sock, void *buf, size_t len)
 
        ret = sendmsg(sock, &msg, 0);
        if (ret < 0) {
-               PERROR("sendmsg");
+               /*
+                * Only warn about EPIPE when quiet mode is deactivated.
+                * We consider EPIPE as expected.
+                */
+               if (errno != EPIPE || !opt_quiet) {
+                       PERROR("sendmsg");
+               }
        }
 
        return ret;
@@ -357,7 +364,13 @@ ssize_t lttcomm_send_fds_unix_sock(int sock, int *fds, size_t nb_fd)
 
        ret = sendmsg(sock, &msg, 0);
        if (ret < 0) {
-               PERROR("sendmsg");
+               /*
+                * Only warn about EPIPE when quiet mode is deactivated.
+                * We consider EPIPE as expected.
+                */
+               if (errno != EPIPE || !opt_quiet) {
+                       PERROR("sendmsg");
+               }
        }
        return ret;
 }
@@ -466,9 +479,14 @@ ssize_t lttcomm_send_creds_unix_sock(int sock, void *buf, size_t len)
 
        ret = sendmsg(sock, &msg, 0);
        if (ret < 0) {
-               PERROR("sendmsg");
+               /*
+                * Only warn about EPIPE when quiet mode is deactivated.
+                * We consider EPIPE as expected.
+                */
+               if (errno != EPIPE || !opt_quiet) {
+                       PERROR("sendmsg");
+               }
        }
-
        return ret;
 }