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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/trace-event.c15
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.c
index 2f4996ab313d..802bb868d446 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
#include <api/fs/tracing_path.h>
#include "trace-event.h"
@@ -66,6 +67,9 @@ void trace_event__cleanup(struct trace_event *t)
pevent_free(t->pevent);
}
+/*
+ * Returns pointer with encoded error via <linux/err.h> interface.
+ */
static struct event_format*
tp_format(const char *sys, const char *name)
{
@@ -74,12 +78,14 @@ tp_format(const char *sys, const char *name)
char path[PATH_MAX];
size_t size;
char *data;
+ int err;
scnprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s/%s/format",
tracing_events_path, sys, name);
- if (filename__read_str(path, &data, &size))
- return NULL;
+ err = filename__read_str(path, &data, &size);
+ if (err)
+ return ERR_PTR(err);
pevent_parse_format(pevent, &event, data, size, sys);
@@ -87,11 +93,14 @@ tp_format(const char *sys, const char *name)
return event;
}
+/*
+ * Returns pointer with encoded error via <linux/err.h> interface.
+ */
struct event_format*
trace_event__tp_format(const char *sys, const char *name)
{
if (!tevent_initialized && trace_event__init2())
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
return tp_format(sys, name);
}