linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/10] perf tools: Continue processing header on unknown features

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Date:	Tue, 6 Dec 2011 11:29:59 -0200
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
To:	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/10] perf tools: Continue processing header on
	unknown features

Em Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 11:32:33AM +0100, Robert Richter escreveu:
> A feature may be unknown if perf.data is created and parsed on
> different perf tool versions. This should not stop the header to be
> processed, instead continue processing it.

Ok with me.
 
> Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
> ---
>  tools/perf/util/header.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
> index bcd05d0..95c3ab1 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
> @@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ static int perf_file_section__fprintf_info(struct perf_file_section *section,
>  	}
>  	if (feat < HEADER_TRACE_INFO || feat >= HEADER_LAST_FEATURE) {
>  		pr_warning("unknown feature %d\n", feat);
> -		return -1;
> +		return 0;
>  	}
>  	if (!feat_ops[feat].print)
>  		return 0;
> -- 
> 1.7.7
> 
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