perf tools: Propagate event parse error handling

Better handle event parsing error by propagating the details
in upper layers or by dumping some failure message. So that
the user knows he has some crazy events in the batch.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 8940fd871eae..948327d9e92b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ static void flush_sample_queue(struct perf_session *s,
         struct perf_sample sample;
         u64 limit = os->next_flush;
         u64 last_ts = os->last_sample ? os->last_sample->timestamp : 0ULL;
+        int ret;
 
         if (!ops->ordered_samples || !limit)
                 return;
@@ -488,9 +489,12 @@ static void flush_sample_queue(struct perf_session *s,
                 if (iter->timestamp > limit)
                         break;
 
-                perf_session__parse_sample(s, iter->event, &sample);
-                perf_session_deliver_event(s, iter->event, &sample, ops,
-                                           iter->file_offset);
+                ret = perf_session__parse_sample(s, iter->event, &sample);
+                if (ret)
+                        pr_err("Can't parse sample, err = %d\n", ret);
+                else
+                        perf_session_deliver_event(s, iter->event, &sample, ops,
+                                                   iter->file_offset);
 
                 os->last_flush = iter->timestamp;
                 list_del(&iter->list);
@@ -806,7 +810,9 @@ static int perf_session__process_event(struct perf_session *session,
         /*
          * For all kernel events we get the sample data
          */
-        perf_session__parse_sample(session, event, &sample);
+        ret = perf_session__parse_sample(session, event, &sample);
+        if (ret)
+                return ret;
 
         /* Preprocess sample records - precheck callchains */
         if (perf_session__preprocess_sample(session, event, &sample))