linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/16] perf, persistent: Return resonable error code

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Date:	Fri, 31 May 2013 11:11:01 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Robert Richter <rric@...nel.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Robert Richter <robert.richter@...xeda.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/16] perf, persistent: Return resonable error code

On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 10:47:25AM +0200, Robert Richter wrote:
> From: Robert Richter <robert.richter@...xeda.com>
> 
> Returning -ENODEV if no file descriptor is found. An error code of -1
> (-EPERM) is misleading in this case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@...xeda.com>
> ---
>  kernel/events/persistent.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/events/persistent.c b/kernel/events/persistent.c
> index 6612eb77..190aa75 100644
> --- a/kernel/events/persistent.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/persistent.c
> @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ int perf_get_persistent_event_fd(unsigned cpu, struct perf_event_attr *attr)
>  		if (desc->attr->config == attr->config)
>  			return __alloc_persistent_event_fd(desc);
>  
> -	return -1;
> +	return -ENODEV;

Ditto.
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