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