Re: [PATCH] perf record: Delete file if a failure occurs writing theperf data file

[Jiri Olsa]

On Fri, Nov 08, 2013 at 09:41:46AM -0700, David Ahern wrote:
> If perf fails to write data to the data file (e.g., ENOSPC error) it fails
> with the message:
>   failed to write perf data, error: No space left on device
> 
> and stops â killing the workload too. The file is an unknown state. Trying
> to read it (e.g., perf report) fails with a SIGBUS error.
> 
> Fix by deleting the file on a failure.

I think that's right thing to do

Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>

jirka
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