On Thu, 6 Jul 2017, Shivappa Vikas wrote: > On Sun, 2 Jul 2017, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > > +static bool __mon_event_count(u32 rmid, struct rmid_read *rr) > > > +{ > > > + u64 tval; > > > + > > > + tval = __rmid_read(rmid, rr->evtid); > > > + if (tval & (RMID_VAL_ERROR | RMID_VAL_UNAVAIL)) { > > > + rr->val = tval; > > > + return false; > > > + } > > > + switch (rr->evtid) { > > > + case QOS_L3_OCCUP_EVENT_ID: > > > + rr->val += tval; > > > + return true; > > > + default: > > > + return false; > > > > I have no idea what that return code means. > > false for the invalid event id and all errors for __rmid_read. (IOW all errors > for __mon_event-read)
Sure, but why bool? What's wrong with proper error return codes, so issues can be distinguished and potentially propagated in the callchain? Thanks, tglx