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-rw-r--r--kernel/perf_counter.c35
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/perf_counter.c b/kernel/perf_counter.c
index f35e89e3d6a4..d07b45278b4f 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -2453,10 +2453,11 @@ perf_counter_alloc(struct perf_counter_hw_event *hw_event,
{
const struct hw_perf_counter_ops *hw_ops;
struct perf_counter *counter;
+ long err;
counter = kzalloc(sizeof(*counter), gfpflags);
if (!counter)
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
/*
* Single counters are their own group leaders, with an
@@ -2505,12 +2506,18 @@ perf_counter_alloc(struct perf_counter_hw_event *hw_event,
hw_ops = tp_perf_counter_init(counter);
break;
}
+done:
+ err = 0;
+ if (!hw_ops)
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ else if (IS_ERR(hw_ops))
+ err = PTR_ERR(hw_ops);
- if (!hw_ops) {
+ if (err) {
kfree(counter);
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(err);
}
-done:
+
counter->hw_ops = hw_ops;
return counter;
@@ -2583,10 +2590,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_counter_open,
goto err_put_context;
}
- ret = -EINVAL;
counter = perf_counter_alloc(&hw_event, cpu, ctx, group_leader,
GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!counter)
+ ret = PTR_ERR(counter);
+ if (IS_ERR(counter))
goto err_put_context;
ret = anon_inode_getfd("[perf_counter]", &perf_fops, counter, 0);
@@ -2658,8 +2665,8 @@ inherit_counter(struct perf_counter *parent_counter,
child_counter = perf_counter_alloc(&parent_counter->hw_event,
parent_counter->cpu, child_ctx,
group_leader, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!child_counter)
- return NULL;
+ if (IS_ERR(child_counter))
+ return child_counter;
/*
* Link it up in the child's context:
@@ -2710,15 +2717,17 @@ static int inherit_group(struct perf_counter *parent_counter,
{
struct perf_counter *leader;
struct perf_counter *sub;
+ struct perf_counter *child_ctr;
leader = inherit_counter(parent_counter, parent, parent_ctx,
child, NULL, child_ctx);
- if (!leader)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ if (IS_ERR(leader))
+ return PTR_ERR(leader);
list_for_each_entry(sub, &parent_counter->sibling_list, list_entry) {
- if (!inherit_counter(sub, parent, parent_ctx,
- child, leader, child_ctx))
- return -ENOMEM;
+ child_ctr = inherit_counter(sub, parent, parent_ctx,
+ child, leader, child_ctx);
+ if (IS_ERR(child_ctr))
+ return PTR_ERR(child_ctr);
}
return 0;
}