linux-kernel - [tip:tracing/urgent] tracing/filters: return proper error code when writing filter file

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Date:	Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:07:11 GMT
From:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	tzanussi@...il.com, lizf@...fujitsu.com, fweisbec@...il.com,
	rostedt@...dmis.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:tracing/urgent] tracing/filters: return proper error code when writing filter file

Commit-ID:  44e9c8b7adc52079f0535f9de0c2c2477831389b
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/44e9c8b7adc52079f0535f9de0c2c2477831389b
Author:     Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
AuthorDate: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:55:28 +0800
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:59:29 +0200

tracing/filters: return proper error code when writing filter file

- propagate return value of filter_add_pred() to the user

- return -ENOSPC but not -ENOMEM or -EINVAL when the filter array
  is full

Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
Acked-by: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@...il.com>
Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
LKML-Reference: <49E04CF0.3010105@...fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>


---
 kernel/trace/trace_events.c        |   10 ++++++----
 kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c |    4 ++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 054bc18..576f4fa 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -521,9 +521,10 @@ event_filter_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
 		return cnt;
 	}
 
-	if (filter_add_pred(call, pred)) {
+	err = filter_add_pred(call, pred);
+	if (err < 0) {
 		filter_free_pred(pred);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return err;
 	}
 
 	*ppos += cnt;
@@ -588,10 +589,11 @@ subsystem_filter_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
 		return cnt;
 	}
 
-	if (filter_add_subsystem_pred(system, pred)) {
+	err = filter_add_subsystem_pred(system, pred);
+	if (err < 0) {
 		filter_free_subsystem_preds(system);
 		filter_free_pred(pred);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return err;
 	}
 
 	*ppos += cnt;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index 49b3ef5..e03cbf1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ static int __filter_add_pred(struct ftrace_event_call *call,
 		}
 	}
 
-	return -ENOMEM;
+	return -ENOSPC;
 }
 
 static int is_string_field(const char *type)
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ int filter_add_subsystem_pred(struct event_subsystem *system,
 	}
 
 	if (i == MAX_FILTER_PRED)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -ENOSPC;
 
 	events_for_each(call) {
 		int err;
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