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Date:	Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:33:13 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, paulus@...ba.org, acme@...hat.com,
	hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com, peterz@...radead.org,
	efault@....de, fweisbec@...il.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf tools: Don't die() in perf_header__new()

Commit-ID:  a9a70bbce7ab0bf3b1cba3ac662c4d502da6305c
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/a9a70bbce7ab0bf3b1cba3ac662c4d502da6305c
Author:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
AuthorDate: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:18:11 -0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:19:56 +0100

perf tools: Don't die() in perf_header__new()

Propagate the errors instead, the users are the ones to decide
what to do if a library call fails.

Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
LKML-Reference: <1258427892-16312-3-git-send-email-acme@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-record.c |    5 +++++
 tools/perf/util/header.c    |   18 +++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 2a85205..82260c5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -439,6 +439,11 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 	else
 		header = perf_header__new();
 
+	if (header == NULL) {
+		pr_err("Not enough memory for reading perf file header\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
 	if (raw_samples) {
 		perf_header__set_feat(header, HEADER_TRACE_INFO);
 	} else {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index dee1ed2..726a0eb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -65,14 +65,15 @@ struct perf_header *perf_header__new(void)
 {
 	struct perf_header *self = calloc(sizeof(*self), 1);
 
-	if (!self)
-		die("nomem");
-
-	self->size = 1;
-	self->attr = malloc(sizeof(void *));
+	if (self != NULL) {
+		self->size = 1;
+		self->attr = malloc(sizeof(void *));
 
-	if (!self->attr)
-		die("nomem");
+		if (self->attr == NULL) {
+			free(self);
+			self = NULL;
+		}
+	}
 
 	return self;
 }
@@ -426,6 +427,9 @@ struct perf_header *perf_header__read(int fd)
 	u64			f_id;
 	int nr_attrs, nr_ids, i, j;
 
+	if (self == NULL)
+		die("nomem");
+
 	if (perf_file_header__read(&f_header, self, fd) < 0)
 		die("incompatible file format");
 
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