linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] perf bench: fix return value check in do_run_multi

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Date:   Wed, 2 Sep 2020 09:09:31 -0700
From:   Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
To:     YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] perf bench: fix return value check in do_run_multi_threaded()

On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 7:06 AM YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com> wrote:
>
> In case of error, the function perf_session__new() returns ERR_PTR()
> and never returns NULL. The NULL test in the return value check
> should be replaced with IS_ERR()
>
> Fixes: 13edc237200c ("perf bench: Add a multi-threaded synthesize benchmark")
> Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>

Acked-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>

Thanks!
Ian

> ---
>  tools/perf/bench/synthesize.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/synthesize.c b/tools/perf/bench/synthesize.c
> index 8d624aea1c5e..e39daa609db2 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/bench/synthesize.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/bench/synthesize.c
> @@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ static int do_run_multi_threaded(struct target *target,
>         init_stats(&event_stats);
>         for (i = 0; i < multi_iterations; i++) {
>                 session = perf_session__new(NULL, false, NULL);
> -               if (!session)
> -                       return -ENOMEM;
> +               if (IS_ERR(session)) {
> +                       return PTR_ERR(session);
>
>                 atomic_set(&event_count, 0);
>                 gettimeofday(&start, NULL);
> --
> 2.17.1
>
>