[PATCH] perf tools: Fix bool return value in gzip_is_compressed()

From: Miaoqian Lin
Date: Thu Aug 28 2025 - 06:47:28 EST


gzip_is_compressed() returns -1 on error but is declared as bool.
And -1 gets converted to true, which could be misleading.
Return false instead to match the declared type.

Fixes: 88c74dc76a30 ("perf tools: Add gzip_is_compressed function")
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/zlib.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/zlib.c b/tools/perf/util/zlib.c
index 78d2297c1b67..1f7c06523059 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/zlib.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/zlib.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ bool gzip_is_compressed(const char *input)
ssize_t rc;

if (fd < 0)
- return -1;
+ return false;

rc = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
close(fd);
--
2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)