linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] perf probe: Fix to show correct error string

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Message-Id: <20111010191943.804412316@goodmis.org>
Date:	Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:17:08 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, stable@...nel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] perf probe: Fix to show correct error string

From: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>

Fix perf probe to show correct error string when it
fails to delete an event. The write(2) returns -1
if failed, and errno stores real error number.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc: stable@...nel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20111004104504.14591.41266.stgit@fedora15
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 tools/perf/util/probe-event.c |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index 1c7bfa5..eb25900 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -1956,8 +1956,10 @@ static int __del_trace_probe_event(int fd, struct str_node *ent)
 
 	pr_debug("Writing event: %s\n", buf);
 	ret = write(fd, buf, strlen(buf));
-	if (ret < 0)
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		ret = -errno;
 		goto error;
+	}
 
 	printf("Remove event: %s\n", ent->s);
 	return 0;
-- 
1.7.6.3



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