linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv9 2.6.35-rc4-tip 10/13] perf: Re-Add make_absolute

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Message-ID: <1279075767.4190.1.camel@localhost>
Date:	Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:49:27 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>
Cc:	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Mark Wielaard <mjw@...hat.com>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Naren A Devaiah <naren.devaiah@...ibm.com>,
	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	"Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@...hat.com>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv9 2.6.35-rc4-tip 10/13]  perf: Re-Add make_absolute_path

On Mon, 2010-07-12 at 13:12 -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:30:36AM -0400, Steven Rostedt escreveu:

> Well, I prefer to follow the kernel way of doing things, i.e. to
> propagate as much as possible up the callchain the error return value,
> so that the apps can handle it in any way they prefer, i.e. die() calls
> in tools/perf/builtin-foo.c are okayish, but not on tools/perf/util/.

Ah, yes, die is a bit strong. And I have been starting to avoid them
too. Although, when malloc fails, it's almost certain that the app will
die soon anyway ;-)

-- Steve


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