linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/6] perf, tool: Fix pmu object alias initialization

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Date:	Mon,  9 Jul 2012 22:37:47 +0200
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	acme@...hat.com, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, mingo@...e.hu,
	paulus@...ba.org, cjashfor@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, fweisbec@...il.com,
	eranian@...gle.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] perf, tool: Fix pmu object alias initialization

The pmu_lookup should return pmus that do not expose the 'events'
group attribute in sysfs. Also it should fail when any other error
during 'events' lookup is hit (pmu_aliases fails).

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/pmu.c |    7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 67715a4..3c86022 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static int pmu_aliases(char *name, struct list_head *head)
 		 "%s/bus/event_source/devices/%s/events", sysfs, name);
 
 	if (stat(path, &st) < 0)
-		return -1;
+		return 0;	 /* no error if 'events' does not exist */
 
 	if (pmu_aliases_parse(path, head))
 		return -1;
@@ -237,6 +237,9 @@ static struct perf_pmu *pmu_lookup(char *name)
 	if (pmu_format(name, &format))
 		return NULL;
 
+	if (pmu_aliases(name, &aliases))
+		return NULL;
+
 	if (pmu_type(name, &type))
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -244,8 +247,6 @@ static struct perf_pmu *pmu_lookup(char *name)
 	if (!pmu)
 		return NULL;
 
-	pmu_aliases(name, &aliases);
-
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pmu->format);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pmu->aliases);
 	list_splice(&format, &pmu->format);
-- 
1.7.10.4

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