linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC v1 1/4] perf: Introduce extended syscall error reporting

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Date:	Wed, 5 Aug 2015 18:10:11 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	adrian.hunter@...el.com,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Vince Weaver <vince@...ter.net>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v1 1/4] perf: Introduce extended syscall error
 reporting

On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 02:45:56PM +0300, Alexander Shishkin wrote:

> @@ -3890,7 +3958,7 @@ perf_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
>  	ret = perf_read_hw(event, buf, count);
>  	perf_event_ctx_unlock(event, ctx);
>  
> -	return ret;
> +	return perf_error_report(&event->attr, ret);
>  }
>  
>  static unsigned int perf_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
> @@ -4103,7 +4171,7 @@ static long perf_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
>  	ret = _perf_ioctl(event, cmd, arg);
>  	perf_event_ctx_unlock(event, ctx);
>  
> -	return ret;
> +	return perf_error_report(&event->attr, ret);
>  }
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT

Oooh, shiny.. So not only does it work for SYSCALL time fails, it keeps
the pointer about and reports all subsequent fails in there too.
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