linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] perf: Remove superfluous allocation error check

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Date:   Sun, 15 Apr 2018 11:23:52 +0200
From:   Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:     lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>, hpa@...or.com,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com, tglx@...utronix.de, x86@...nel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] perf: Remove superfluous allocation error check

If the get_callchain_buffers fails to allocate the buffer
it will decrease the nr_callchain_events right away.

There's no point of checking the allocation error for
nr_callchain_events > 1. Removing that check.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/events/callchain.c | 10 ++--------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/callchain.c b/kernel/events/callchain.c
index 73cc26e321de..c187aa3df3c8 100644
--- a/kernel/events/callchain.c
+++ b/kernel/events/callchain.c
@@ -131,14 +131,8 @@ int get_callchain_buffers(int event_max_stack)
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
-	if (count > 1) {
-		/* If the allocation failed, give up */
-		if (!callchain_cpus_entries)
-			err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto exit;
-	}
-
-	err = alloc_callchain_buffers();
+	if (count == 1)
+		err = alloc_callchain_buffers();
 exit:
 	if (err)
 		atomic_dec(&nr_callchain_events);
-- 
2.13.6