Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] perf config: Allow creating empty config set for config file autogeneration

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Fri Sep 08 2017 - 10:36:37 EST


Em Thu, Sep 07, 2017 at 12:18:56PM +0900, Taeung Song escreveu:
> When there isn't a config file (e.g. ~/.perfconfig)
> or it has nothing, the config set wasn't created.
> If the config set not exists, a config file can't be autogenerated.
>
> So allow creating a empty config set in the above case,
> then we can support the config file autogeneration.

Applied, and rephased a bit the cset log message.

- Arnaldo

> Before:
>
> $ rm -f ~/.perfconfig
> $ perf config --user report.children=false
>
> $ cat ~/.perfconfig
> cat: /root/.perfconfig: No such file or directory
>
> But I think it should work even if there isn't a config file.
>
> After:
>
> $ rm -f ~/.perfconfig
> $ perf config --user report.children=false
>
> $ cat ~/.perfconfig
> # this file is auto-generated.
> [report]
> children = false
>
> NOTE:
> As a result, if perf_config_set__init() is failed,
> it seems that the config set isn't freed. But it isn't a problem.
> Because the config set will be freed by perf_config_set__delete()
> at the end of cmd_config().
>
> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/perf/util/config.c | 5 +----
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.c b/tools/perf/util/config.c
> index bc75596..d2b6983 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/config.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/config.c
> @@ -700,10 +700,7 @@ struct perf_config_set *perf_config_set__new(void)
>
> if (set) {
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&set->sections);
> - if (perf_config_set__init(set) < 0) {
> - perf_config_set__delete(set);
> - set = NULL;
> - }
> + perf_config_set__init(set);
> }
>
> return set;
> --
> 2.7.4