Re: [PATCH] perf expr: Fix return value of ids__new

[German Gomez <german.gomez@arm.com>]

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On 13/12/2021 07:09, Miaoqian Lin wrote:
> callers of ids__new() function only do NULL checking for the return
> value. ids__new() calles hashmap__new(), which may return
> ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM). Instead of changing the checking one-by-one.
> return NULL instead of ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) to keep
> consistent.
>
> Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@gmail.com>
> ---
>  tools/perf/util/expr.c | 8 +++++++-
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/expr.c b/tools/perf/util/expr.c
> index 1d532b9fed29..aabdc112300c 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/expr.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/expr.c
> @@ -65,7 +65,13 @@ static bool key_equal(const void *key1, const void *key2,
>  
>  struct hashmap *ids__new(void)
>  {
> -	return hashmap__new(key_hash, key_equal, NULL);
> +	struct hashmap *hash;
> +
> +	hash = hashmap__new(key_hash, key_equal, NULL);
> +	if (IS_ERR(hash))
> +		return NULL;
> +	else
> +		return hash;
>  }
>  
>  void ids__free(struct hashmap *ids)