linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/4] perf probe: Propagate error code when write(2) failed

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Date:	Sat, 10 Jan 2015 19:33:48 +0900
From:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] perf probe: Propagate error code when write(2) failed

When it failed to write probe commands to the probe_event file in
debugfs, it needs to propagate the error code properly.  Current code
blindly uses the return value of the write(2) so it always uses
-1 (-EPERM) and it might confuse users.

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
---
 tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index 6fe5aa357efc..ddc295885af0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -2052,9 +2052,11 @@ static int write_probe_trace_event(int fd, struct probe_trace_event *tev)
 	pr_debug("Writing event: %s\n", buf);
 	if (!probe_event_dry_run) {
 		ret = write(fd, buf, strlen(buf));
-		if (ret <= 0)
+		if (ret <= 0) {
+			ret = -errno;
 			pr_warning("Failed to write event: %s\n",
 				   strerror_r(errno, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));
+		}
 	}
 	free(buf);
 	return ret;
-- 
2.2.1

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