3 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/tools/tracegen/lttng.cpp b/src/tools/tracegen/lttng.cpp
index 1aef1b3d17..e628fbd680 100644
--- a/src/tools/tracegen/lttng.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/tracegen/lttng.cpp
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ static void writeCtfMacro(QTextStream &stream, const Tracepoint::Field &field)
                << "ctf_integer(int, height, " << name << ".height()) ";
         return;
     case Tracepoint::Field::Unknown:
-        panic("Cannot deduce CTF type for '%s %s", qPrintable(paramType), qPrintable(name));
+        justified_worry("Cannot deduce CTF type for '%s %s'", qPrintable(paramType),
+                        qPrintable(name));
         break;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/tools/tracegen/panic.cpp b/src/tools/tracegen/panic.cpp
index d1e207764e..ac95b2e9e8 100644
--- a/src/tools/tracegen/panic.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/tracegen/panic.cpp
@@ -57,3 +57,16 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
 
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
+
+void justified_worry(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+    va_list ap;
+
+    fprintf(stderr, "tracegen: warning: ");
+
+    va_start(ap, fmt);
+    vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
+    va_end(ap);
+
+    fputc('\n', stderr);
+}
diff --git a/src/tools/tracegen/panic.h b/src/tools/tracegen/panic.h
index c6b195af00..58e56c0116 100644
--- a/src/tools/tracegen/panic.h
+++ b/src/tools/tracegen/panic.h
@@ -41,5 +41,6 @@
 #define PANIC_H
 
 void panic(const char *fmt, ...);
+void justified_worry(const char *fmt, ...);
 
 #endif // PANIC_H