[PATCH 6/8] perf tools: Fix pmu object alias initialization

[Jiri Olsa]

The pmu_lookup should return pmus that do not expose the 'events'
group attribute in sysfs. Also it should fail when any other error
during 'events' lookup is hit (pmu_aliases fails).

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/util/pmu.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 8a2229d..18e8480 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static int pmu_aliases(char *name, struct list_head *head)
 		 "%s/bus/event_source/devices/%s/events", sysfs, name);
 
 	if (stat(path, &st) < 0)
-		return -1;
+		return 0;	 /* no error if 'events' does not exist */
 
 	if (pmu_aliases_parse(path, head))
 		return -1;
@@ -296,6 +296,9 @@ static struct perf_pmu *pmu_lookup(char *name)
 	if (pmu_format(name, &format))
 		return NULL;
 
+	if (pmu_aliases(name, &aliases))
+		return NULL;
+
 	if (pmu_type(name, &type))
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -305,8 +308,6 @@ static struct perf_pmu *pmu_lookup(char *name)
 
 	pmu->cpus = pmu_cpumask(name);
 
-	pmu_aliases(name, &aliases);
-
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pmu->format);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pmu->aliases);
 	list_splice(&format, &pmu->format);
-- 
1.7.11.4

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