Re: [PATCH] perf stat: Fix error check for bpf_program__attach

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Thu May 27 2021 - 20:52:07 EST


Em Thu, May 27, 2021 at 03:00:52PM -0700, Namhyung Kim escreveu:
> It seems the bpf_program__attach() returns a negative error code
> instead of a NULL pointer in case of error.

Thanks, applied.

- Arnaldo


> Fixes: 7fac83aaf2ee ("perf stat: Introduce 'bperf' to share hardware PMCs with BPF")
> Cc: Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c
> index ddb52f748c8e..974f10e356f0 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c
> @@ -451,10 +451,10 @@ static int bperf_reload_leader_program(struct evsel *evsel, int attr_map_fd,
> goto out;
> }
>
> - err = -1;
> link = bpf_program__attach(skel->progs.on_switch);
> - if (!link) {
> + if (IS_ERR(link)) {
> pr_err("Failed to attach leader program\n");
> + err = PTR_ERR(link);
> goto out;
> }
>
> --
> 2.32.0.rc0.204.g9fa02ecfa5-goog
>

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- Arnaldo