linux-kernel - [PATCH] perf record: Delete file if a failure occurs writing the perf data file

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Date:	Fri,  8 Nov 2013 09:41:46 -0700
From:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:	acme@...stprotocols.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] perf record: Delete file if a failure occurs writing the perf data file

If perf fails to write data to the data file (e.g., ENOSPC error) it fails
with the message:
  failed to write perf data, error: No space left on device

and stops — killing the workload too. The file is an unknown state. Trying
to read it (e.g., perf report) fails with a SIGBUS error.

Fix by deleting the file on a failure.

Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 1 +
 tools/perf/util/data.c      | 5 +++++
 tools/perf/util/data.h      | 1 +
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 15280b5e5574..8b8944d8ffea 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -562,6 +562,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct perf_record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
 
 out_delete_session:
 	perf_session__delete(session);
+	perf_data_file__unlink(session->file);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data.c b/tools/perf/util/data.c
index 7d09faf85cf1..a0315a694fa2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data.c
@@ -118,3 +118,8 @@ void perf_data_file__close(struct perf_data_file *file)
 {
 	close(file->fd);
 }
+
+void perf_data_file__unlink(struct perf_data_file *file)
+{
+	unlink(file->path);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data.h b/tools/perf/util/data.h
index 8c2df80152a5..f55a04295ab6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data.h
@@ -44,5 +44,6 @@ static inline unsigned long perf_data_file__size(struct perf_data_file *file)
 
 int perf_data_file__open(struct perf_data_file *file);
 void perf_data_file__close(struct perf_data_file *file);
+void perf_data_file__unlink(struct perf_data_file *file);
 
 #endif /* __PERF_DATA_H */
-- 
1.8.3.4 (Apple Git-47)

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