linux-kernel - [for-next][PATCH 16/16] rtla/timerlat: Exit top main loop on any non-zero wait

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Message-ID: <20251120232709.950942020@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:23:39 -0500
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...nel.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Tomas Glozar <tglozar@...hat.com>,
 John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>,
 Crystal Wood <crwood@...hat.com>
Subject: [for-next][PATCH 16/16] rtla/timerlat: Exit top main loop on any non-zero wait_retval

From: Crystal Wood <crwood@...hat.com>

Comparing to exactly 1 will fail if more than one ring buffer
event was seen since the last call to timerlat_bpf_wait(), which
can happen in some race scenarios.

Signed-off-by: Crystal Wood <crwood@...hat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251112152529.956778-5-crwood@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Tomas Glozar <tglozar@...hat.com>
---
 tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c
index fec113ce370e..29c2c1f717ed 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ timerlat_top_bpf_main_loop(struct osnoise_tool *tool)
 		if (!params->common.quiet)
 			timerlat_print_stats(tool);
 
-		if (wait_retval == 1) {
+		if (wait_retval != 0) {
 			/* Stopping requested by tracer */
 			actions_perform(&params->common.threshold_actions);
 
-- 
2.51.0