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For the original mode of operation it isn't needed, since we report back errors via PERF_RECORD_LOST records in the ring buffer, but for use in bpf_perf_event_output() it is convenient to return the errors, basically -ENOSPC. Currently bpf_perf_event_output() returns an error indication, the last thing it does, which is to push it to the ring buffer is that can fail and if so, this failure won't be reported back to its users, fix it. Reported-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com> Tested-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com> Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190118150938.GN5823@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.