Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] perf record: Propagate exit status of a command line workload

[Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>]

Hi Jiri,

On Thu, 8 May 2014 12:32:25 +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Thu, May 08, 2014 at 04:59:53PM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
>
> SNIP
>
>> +
>> +	if (!err && !file->is_pipe) {
>> +		rec->session->header.data_size += rec->bytes_written;
>> +
>> +		if (!rec->no_buildid)
>> +			process_buildids(rec);
>> +		perf_session__write_header(rec->session, rec->evlist,
>> +					   file->fd, true);
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	if (signr != -1) {
>> +		signal(signr, SIG_DFL);
>> +		raise(signr);
>> +	}
>
> hum.. so we dont call perf_session__delete in case we propagate
> the signal.. also the outer function's cleanups are not called:
>
>         perf_evlist__delete(rec->evlist);
>         symbol__exit();
>
> the only cleanup I found that actually matters here and won't be
> called is 'vdso__exit' which removes the temp vdso library file.

Ah.. missed that.

>
> Maybe we could have one on_exit callback raising the signal
> if needed.. at the time we are sure we called all out cleanup
> functions.

Sounds like a good idea.  I'll send v6.

Thanks,
Namhyung