Fix: do not return error on LTTNG_ERR_SNAPSHOT_NODATA

[lttng-tools.git] / src / bin / lttng / commands / snapshot.c

diff --git a/src/bin/lttng/commands/snapshot.c b/src/bin/lttng/commands/snapshot.c
index fd209c1507ec5ccc9cb36e1ac8b6d077c8e4e656..7315cb1a1a3397ff02c8925614f8647105533bb7 100644 (file)
--- a/src/bin/lttng/commands/snapshot.c
+++ b/src/bin/lttng/commands/snapshot.c
@@ -764,6 +764,15 @@ int cmd_snapshot(int argc, const char **argv)
                        break;
                case LTTNG_ERR_SNAPSHOT_NODATA:
                        WARN("%s", lttng_strerror(command_ret));
+
+                       /*  A warning is fine since the user has no control on
+                        *  whether or not applications (or the kernel) have
+                        *  produced any event between the start of the tracing
+                        *  session and the recording of the snapshot. MI wise
+                        *  the command is not a success since nothing was
+                        *  recorded.
+                        */
+                       command_ret = 0;
                        break;
                default:
                        ERR("%s", lttng_strerror(command_ret));