commit 9328021ce7ba61759f917f9de4d4b0eb705e7854
author Tom Cherry <tomcherry@google.com> Thu Sep 26 15:24:40 2019 -0700
committer Tom Cherry <tomcherry@google.com> Thu Sep 26 15:24:40 2019 -0700
tree a8a26ad7c51b1719651eb85374a1ca830914d635
parent 2a62d42704ae00082e266162d0c6093c877b541f

init: add tips for debugging linker errors when launching init services

Test: we can see linker errors in dmesg when following these tips
Change-Id: I86b65e01d06ed7c0b908c4512d55872cd5595eca

init/service.cpp

diff --git a/init/service.cpp b/init/service.cpp
index e8b75d4..0b73dc5 100644
--- a/init/service.cpp
+++ b/init/service.cpp
@@ -490,7 +490,8 @@
         SetProcessAttributesAndCaps();
 
         if (!ExpandArgsAndExecv(args_, sigstop_)) {
-            PLOG(ERROR) << "cannot execve('" << args_[0] << "')";
+            PLOG(ERROR) << "cannot execv('" << args_[0]
+                        << "'). See the 'Debugging init' section of init's README.md for tips";
         }
 
         _exit(127);