1 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h
index 5772ad8cb386..3c48229a7bce 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h
@@ -345,6 +345,28 @@ enum pevent_flag {
         PEVENT_NSEC_OUTPUT              = 1,    /* output in NSECS */
 };
 
+enum pevent_errno {
+        PEVENT_ERRNO__SUCCESS                   = 0,
+
+        /*
+         * Choose an arbitrary negative big number not to clash with standard
+         * errno since SUS requires the errno has distinct positive values.
+         * See 'Issue 6' in the link below.
+         *
+         * http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/errno.h.html
+         */
+        __PEVENT_ERRNO__START                   = -100000,
+
+        PEVENT_ERRNO__MEM_ALLOC_FAILED          = __PEVENT_ERRNO__START,
+        PEVENT_ERRNO__PARSE_EVENT_FAILED,
+        PEVENT_ERRNO__READ_ID_FAILED,
+        PEVENT_ERRNO__READ_FORMAT_FAILED,
+        PEVENT_ERRNO__READ_PRINT_FAILED,
+        PEVENT_ERRNO__OLD_FTRACE_ARG_FAILED,
+
+        __PEVENT_ERRNO__END,
+};
+
 struct cmdline;
 struct cmdline_list;
 struct func_map;
@@ -509,8 +531,8 @@ void pevent_print_event(struct pevent *pevent, struct trace_seq *s,
 int pevent_parse_header_page(struct pevent *pevent, char *buf, unsigned long size,
                              int long_size);
 
-int pevent_parse_event(struct pevent *pevent, const char *buf,
-                       unsigned long size, const char *sys);
+enum pevent_errno pevent_parse_event(struct pevent *pevent, const char *buf,
+                                     unsigned long size, const char *sys);
 
 void *pevent_get_field_raw(struct trace_seq *s, struct event_format *event,
                            const char *name, struct pevent_record *record,