perf: Don't use -ENOSPC for out of PMU resources
People (Linus) objected to using -ENOSPC to signal not having enough
resources on the PMU to satisfy the request. Use -EINVAL.
Requested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Deng-Cheng Zhu <dengcheng.zhu@gmail.com>
Cc: David Daney <david.daney@cavium.com>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-xv8geaz2zpbjhlx0svmpp28n@git.kernel.org
[ merged to newer kernel, fixed up MIPS impact ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
index 24e2347..ff17b17 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -347,15 +347,15 @@
memset(&fake_pmu, 0, sizeof(fake_pmu));
if (!validate_event(&fake_pmu, leader))
- return -ENOSPC;
+ return -EINVAL;
list_for_each_entry(sibling, &leader->sibling_list, group_entry) {
if (!validate_event(&fake_pmu, sibling))
- return -ENOSPC;
+ return -EINVAL;
}
if (!validate_event(&fake_pmu, event))
- return -ENOSPC;
+ return -EINVAL;
return 0;
}