[PATCH v2] perf probe: Return errno when does not hit any event

From: Kefeng Wang
Date: Fri Mar 17 2017 - 04:24:42 EST


On old perf, when using perf probe -d to delete an inexistent event,
it return errno, eg,

-bash-4.3# perf probe -d xxx || echo $?
Info: Event "*:xxx" does not exist.
Error: Failed to delete events.
255

But now perf_del_probe_events() will always set ret = 0, different
from previous del_perf_probe_events(). After this, it return errno
again, eg,

-bash-4.3# ./perf probe -d xxx || echo $?
"xxx" does not hit any event.
Error: Failed to delete events.
254

And it is more appropriate to return -ENOENT instead of -EPERM.

Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>

Fixes: dddc7ee32fa1 ("perf probe: Fix an error when deleting probes successfully")
Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

v1->v2:
- Using pr_wanring to show warning infos and drop inappropriate comment
suggested by Masami Hiramatsu.

tools/perf/builtin-probe.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
index 1fcebc3..51cdc23 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
@@ -442,9 +442,9 @@ static int perf_del_probe_events(struct strfilter *filter)
}

if (ret == -ENOENT && ret2 == -ENOENT)
- pr_debug("\"%s\" does not hit any event.\n", str);
- /* Note that this is silently ignored */
- ret = 0;
+ pr_warning("\"%s\" does not hit any event.\n", str);
+ else
+ ret = 0;

error:
if (kfd >= 0)
--
1.7.12.4