[PATCH v4 2/2] perf stat: Stop repeating when ref_perf_stat() returns -1

[Levi Yun]

Exit when run_perf_stat() returns an error to avoid continuously
repeating the same error message. It's not expected that COUNTER_FATAL
or internal errors are recoverable so there's no point in retrying.

This fixes the following flood of error messages for permission issues,
for example when perf_event_paranoid==3:
  perf stat -r 1044 -- false

  Error:
  Access to performance monitoring and observability operations is limited.
  ...
  Error:
  Access to performance monitoring and observability operations is limited.
  ...
  (repeating for 1044 times).

Signed-off-by: Levi Yun <yeoreum.yun@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 954eb37ce7b8..8b7fc1e3c390 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -948,6 +948,14 @@ static int __run_perf_stat(int argc, const char **argv, int run_idx)
 	return WEXITSTATUS(status);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Returns -1 for fatal errors which signifies to not continue
+ * when in repeat mode.
+ *
+ * Returns < -1 error codes when stat record is used. These
+ * result in the stat information being displayed, but writing
+ * to the file fails and is non fatal.
+ */
 static int run_perf_stat(int argc, const char **argv, int run_idx)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -2875,7 +2883,10 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv)
 			evlist__reset_prev_raw_counts(evsel_list);
 
 		status = run_perf_stat(argc, argv, run_idx);
-		if (forever && status != -1 && !interval) {
+		if (status == -1)
+			break;
+
+		if (forever && !interval) {
 			print_counters(NULL, argc, argv);
 			perf_stat__reset_stats();
 		}
-- 
LEVI:{C3F47F37-75D8-414A-A8BA-3980EC8A46D7}