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

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Date:	Tue, 12 Nov 2013 16:04:10 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, acme@...stprotocols.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf record: Delete file if a failure occurs writing the
 perf data file

On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 07:51:16AM -0700, David Ahern wrote:
> > From man mmap:
> >        SIGBUS Attempted access to a portion of the buffer that
> >        does not correspond  to  the  file (for  example, beyond
> >        the end of the file, ...

SIGBUS is basically the std fail for any fault; there's a ton more
reasons than listed in that manpage.

Failing to dirty a page due to -ENOSPACE is one reason we'll
trigger SIGBUS -- as you already found in that memcpy to mmap() instead
of write() patch.


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