5 files changed, 16 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c b/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c
index 52162425c969..790e413d9a1f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <linux/err.h>
 #include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "tests.h"
@@ -36,8 +37,8 @@ int test__perf_evsel__tp_sched_test(void)
 	struct perf_evsel *evsel = perf_evsel__newtp("sched", "sched_switch");
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (evsel == NULL) {
-		pr_debug("perf_evsel__new\n");
+	if (IS_ERR(evsel)) {
+		pr_debug("perf_evsel__newtp failed with %ld\n", PTR_ERR(evsel));
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -66,6 +67,11 @@ int test__perf_evsel__tp_sched_test(void)
 
 	evsel = perf_evsel__newtp("sched", "sched_wakeup");
 
+	if (IS_ERR(evsel)) {
+		pr_debug("perf_evsel__newtp failed with %ld\n", PTR_ERR(evsel));
+		return -1;
+	}
+
 	if (perf_evsel__test_field(evsel, "comm", 16, true))
 		ret = -1;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c b/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c
index 666b67a4df9d..4495493c9431 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "thread_map.h"
 #include "cpumap.h"
 #include "tests.h"
+#include <linux/err.h>
 
 /*
  * This test will generate random numbers of calls to some getpid syscalls,
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ int test__basic_mmap(void)
 
 		snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "sys_enter_%s", syscall_names[i]);
 		evsels[i] = perf_evsel__newtp("syscalls", name);
-		if (evsels[i] == NULL) {
+		if (IS_ERR(evsels[i])) {
 			pr_debug("perf_evsel__new\n");
 			goto out_delete_evlist;
 		}
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c b/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c
index 495d8126b722..9e104a2e973d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <api/fs/fs.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "tests.h"
 #include "thread_map.h"
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ int test__openat_syscall_event_on_all_cpus(void)
 	CPU_ZERO(&cpu_set);
 
 	evsel = perf_evsel__newtp("syscalls", "sys_enter_openat");
-	if (evsel == NULL) {
+	if (IS_ERR(evsel)) {
 		tracing_path__strerror_open_tp(errno, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf), "syscalls", "sys_enter_openat");
 		pr_err("%s\n", errbuf);
 		goto out_thread_map_delete;
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-tp-fields.c b/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-tp-fields.c
index 01a19626c846..473d3869727e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-tp-fields.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-tp-fields.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <linux/err.h>
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "evsel.h"
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ int test__syscall_openat_tp_fields(void)
 	}
 
 	evsel = perf_evsel__newtp("syscalls", "sys_enter_openat");
-	if (evsel == NULL) {
+	if (IS_ERR(evsel)) {
 		pr_debug("%s: perf_evsel__newtp\n", __func__);
 		goto out_delete_evlist;
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall.c b/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall.c
index 08ac9d94a050..7b1db8306098 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <api/fs/tracing_path.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 #include "thread_map.h"
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "debug.h"
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ int test__openat_syscall_event(void)
 	}
 
 	evsel = perf_evsel__newtp("syscalls", "sys_enter_openat");
-	if (evsel == NULL) {
+	if (IS_ERR(evsel)) {
 		tracing_path__strerror_open_tp(errno, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf), "syscalls", "sys_enter_openat");
 		pr_err("%s\n", errbuf);
 		goto out_thread_map_delete;