From: Wang Nan Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 13:19:25 +0000 (+0000) Subject: perf tools: Fix find_perf_probe_point_from_map() which incorrectly returns success X-Git-Tag: v4.4-rc1~1^2~4^2~12 X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=98d3b258ede2cdac31a2728543f652964e597e79;p=karo-tx-linux.git perf tools: Fix find_perf_probe_point_from_map() which incorrectly returns success It is possible that find_perf_probe_point_from_map() fails to find a symbol but still returns 0 because of an small error when coding: find_perf_probe_point_from_map() set 'ret' to error code at first, but also use it to hold return value of kernel_get_symbol_address_by_name(). This patch resets 'ret' to error even kernel_get_symbol_address_by_name() success, so if !sym, the whole function returns error correctly. Signed-off-by: Wang Nan Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Zefan Li Cc: pi3orama@163.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1446729565-27592-3-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo --- diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c index b51a8bfb40f9..e659c4faddec 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c @@ -1905,6 +1905,9 @@ static int find_perf_probe_point_from_map(struct probe_trace_point *tp, sym = __find_kernel_function(addr, &map); } } + + /* ret may has be overwritten so reset it */ + ret = -ENOENT; if (!sym) goto out;