Do not proceed if write_padded error failed.

Also, add comments to remind that return value of write_*
functions in util/header.c do not return number of bytes written.

Signed-off-by: David Carrillo-Cisneros <davi...@google.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/header.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 8f9200724979..6890f7c51814 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ bool perf_header__has_feat(const struct perf_header *header, 
int feat)
        return test_bit(feat, header->adds_features);
 }
 
+/* Return: 0 if succeded, -ERR if failed. */
 static int do_write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t size)
 {
        while (size) {
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ static int do_write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t size)
        return 0;
 }
 
+/* Return: 0 if succeded, -ERR if failed. */
 int write_padded(int fd, const void *bf, size_t count, size_t count_aligned)
 {
        static const char zero_buf[NAME_ALIGN];
@@ -101,6 +103,7 @@ int write_padded(int fd, const void *bf, size_t count, 
size_t count_aligned)
 #define string_size(str)                                               \
        (PERF_ALIGN((strlen(str) + 1), NAME_ALIGN) + sizeof(u32))
 
+/* Return: 0 if succeded, -ERR if failed. */
 static int do_write_string(int fd, const char *str)
 {
        u32 len, olen;
@@ -3186,7 +3189,8 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_tracing_data(struct perf_tool 
*tool, int fd,
         */
        tracing_data_put(tdata);
 
-       write_padded(fd, NULL, 0, padding);
+       if (write_padded(fd, NULL, 0, padding))
+               return -1;
 
        return aligned_size;
 }
-- 
2.13.0.219.gdb65acc882-goog

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