[PATCH 08/15] perf_counter: x86: proper error propagation for the x86 hw_perf_counter_init()

[Peter Zijlstra]

Now that Paul cleaned up the error propagation paths, pass down the
x86 error as well.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter
 
 	err = __hw_perf_counter_init(counter);
 	if (err)
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
 
 	return &x86_perf_counter_ops;
 }

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