linux-kernel - [PATCH] perf-record: Check correct pid when forking

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Date:	Mon, 31 May 2010 23:18:18 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] perf-record: Check correct pid when forking

When forking the child to be traced, we should check the correct return
value from fork() and not a local variable which is otherwise unused.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-record.c |    3 +--
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 9bc8905..dc3435e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -503,7 +503,6 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
 	int i, counter;
 	struct stat st;
-	pid_t pid = 0;
 	int flags;
 	int err;
 	unsigned long waking = 0;
@@ -572,7 +571,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	if (forks) {
 		child_pid = fork();
-		if (pid < 0) {
+		if (child_pid < 0) {
 			perror("failed to fork");
 			exit(-1);
 		}
-- 
1.7.1


-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.
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