linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/14] tools lib traceevent: Get rid of malloc_or_die() in find

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Message-ID: <20131209112742.38020666@gandalf.local.home>
Date:	Mon, 9 Dec 2013 11:27:42 -0500
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/14] tools lib traceevent: Get rid of malloc_or_die()
 in find_event()

On Mon, 9 Dec 2013 12:03:50 +0100
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 02:34:03PM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> > Make it return -2 to distinguish malloc allocation failure.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
> > ---
> >  tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c | 17 ++++++++++++++---
> >  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
> > index e9d17bfcdffd..06e5af9f8fc4 100644
> > --- a/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
> > +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
> > @@ -301,7 +301,10 @@ find_event(struct pevent *pevent, struct event_list **events,
> >  		sys_name = NULL;
> >  	}
> >  
> > -	reg = malloc_or_die(strlen(event_name) + 3);
> > +	reg = malloc(strlen(event_name) + 3);
> > +	if (reg == NULL)
> > +		return -2;
> > +
> 
> I guess we dont need error defines or enums when this is just
> static function, but at least please add some comment (description)
> of return values like in pevent_filter_match function

Even for static functions, we should have an enum too.

-- Steve
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