linux-kernel - [PATCH 11/11] perf record: Fix mmap error output condition

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Date:	Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:33:19 +0200
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Corey Ashford <cjashfor@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 11/11] perf record: Fix mmap error output condition

The mmap_pages default value is not power of 2 (UINT_MAX).

Together with perf_evlist__mmap function returning error value
different from EPERM, we get misleading error message:
"--mmap_pages/-m value must be a power of two."

Fixing this by adding extra check for UINT_MAX value for this
error condition.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 3cf7fe2..93dc67e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -358,7 +358,8 @@ try_again:
 			       "or try again with a smaller value of -m/--mmap_pages.\n"
 			       "(current value: %d)\n", opts->mmap_pages);
 			rc = -errno;
-		} else if (!is_power_of_2(opts->mmap_pages)) {
+		} else if (!is_power_of_2(opts->mmap_pages) &&
+			   (opts->mmap_pages != UINT_MAX)) {
 			pr_err("--mmap_pages/-m value must be a power of two.");
 			rc = -EINVAL;
 		} else {
-- 
1.7.11.4

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