perf record: Improve error message of -p not_existing_pid
When one uses -p $not_existing_pid, the output of --help is printed: $ perf record -p 123456789 2>&1 | head -n3 Usage: perf record [<options>] [<command>] or: perf record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>] Let's change it something similar what perf top -p $not_existing_pid prints: $ ./perf top -p 123456789 --stdio Error: Couldn't create thread/CPU maps: No such process Newly suggested error message: $ ./perf record -p 123456789 Couldn't create thread/CPU maps: No such process Signed-off-by: Martin Liška <mliska@suse.cz> Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/8e00eda1-4de0-2c44-ce67-d4df48ac1f7c@suse.czSigned-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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