[PATCH 05/16] perf, persistent: Return resonable error code

[Robert Richter]

From: Robert Richter <robert.richter@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Returning -ENODEV if no file descriptor is found. An error code of -1
(-EPERM) is misleading in this case.

Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/events/persistent.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/persistent.c b/kernel/events/persistent.c
index 6612eb77..190aa75 100644
--- a/kernel/events/persistent.c
+++ b/kernel/events/persistent.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ int perf_get_persistent_event_fd(unsigned cpu, struct perf_event_attr *attr)
 		if (desc->attr->config == attr->config)
 			return __alloc_persistent_event_fd(desc);
 
-	return -1;
+	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
 
-- 
1.8.1.1

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