Re: [PATCH V1]Perf: Return error code for perf_session__new function on failure

[Jiri Olsa]

On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 04:51:21PM +0530, Mamatha Inamdar wrote:

SNIP

>  #ifdef HAVE_ZSTD_SUPPORT
>  static int perf_session__process_compressed_event(struct perf_session *session,
> @@ -183,6 +184,7 @@ static int ordered_events__deliver_event(struct ordered_events *oe,
>  struct perf_session *perf_session__new(struct perf_data *data,
>  				       bool repipe, struct perf_tool *tool)
>  {
> +	int ret = -ENOMEM;
>  	struct perf_session *session = zalloc(sizeof(*session));
>  
>  	if (!session)
> @@ -197,13 +199,15 @@ struct perf_session *perf_session__new(struct perf_data *data,
>  
>  	perf_env__init(&session->header.env);
>  	if (data) {
> -		if (perf_data__open(data))
> +		ret = perf_data__open(data);
> +		if (ret < 0)
>  			goto out_delete;
>  
>  		session->data = data;
>  
>  		if (perf_data__is_read(data)) {
> -			if (perf_session__open(session) < 0)
> +			ret = perf_session__open(session);
> +			if (ret < 0)
>  				goto out_delete;
>  
>  			/*
> @@ -218,7 +222,8 @@ struct perf_session *perf_session__new(struct perf_data *data,
>  			perf_evlist__init_trace_event_sample_raw(session->evlist);
>  
>  			/* Open the directory data. */
> -			if (data->is_dir && perf_data__open_dir(data))
> +			ret = data->is_dir && perf_data__open_dir(data);
> +			if (ret)
>  				goto out_delete;

will this return 1 in case of error?

jirka

>  		}
>  	} else  {
> @@ -252,7 +257,7 @@ struct perf_session *perf_session__new(struct perf_data *data,
>   out_delete:
>  	perf_session__delete(session);
>   out:
> -	return NULL;
> +	return ERR_PTR(ret);
>  }
>  
>  static void perf_session__delete_threads(struct perf_session *session)
>