X-Git-Url: https://git.liburcu.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fbin%2Flttng%2Fcommands%2Fsnapshot.c;h=2d250afc37cfb01df040159936dcbef24444f90d;hb=68808f4e0bbb3adccff72ff9dab6ec9f3a9e6866;hp=94deb0cfa2eb0f06acd61cd68daf5efc9ac51874;hpb=41e16a7c24eed8c602399781ff545b99930d73c6;p=lttng-tools.git

diff --git a/src/bin/lttng/commands/snapshot.c b/src/bin/lttng/commands/snapshot.c
index 94deb0cfa..2d250afc3 100644
--- a/src/bin/lttng/commands/snapshot.c
+++ b/src/bin/lttng/commands/snapshot.c
@@ -372,6 +372,11 @@ static int record(const char *url)
 
 	ret = lttng_snapshot_record(current_session_name, output, 0);
 	if (ret < 0) {
+		if (ret == -LTTNG_ERR_MAX_SIZE_INVALID) {
+			ERR("The minimum size of a snapshot is computed by multiplying "
+					"the total amount of streams with the largest subbuffer "
+					"in the session.");
+		}
 		goto error;
 	}