[PATCH] perf core: Return error pointer if inherit_event() fails to find pmu_ctx

From: Ravi Bangoria
Date: Fri Nov 18 2022 - 00:16:17 EST


inherit_event() returns NULL only when it finds orphaned events
otherwise it returns either valid child_event pointer or an error
pointer. Follow the same when it fails to find pmu_ctx.

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: bd2756811766 ("perf: Rewrite core context handling")
Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxx>
---
kernel/events/core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 5f262f91cd31..ce75288cdbae 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -13175,7 +13175,7 @@ inherit_event(struct perf_event *parent_event,
pmu_ctx = find_get_pmu_context(child_event->pmu, child_ctx, child_event);
if (IS_ERR(pmu_ctx)) {
free_event(child_event);
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_CAST(pmu_ctx);
}
child_event->pmu_ctx = pmu_ctx;

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2.37.3