Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCHv9 2.6.35-rc4-tip 10/13] perf: Re-Add make_absolute_path | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Date | Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:49:27 -0400 |
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On Mon, 2010-07-12 at 13:12 -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote: > Em Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:30:36AM -0400, Steven Rostedt escreveu:
> Well, I prefer to follow the kernel way of doing things, i.e. to > propagate as much as possible up the callchain the error return value, > so that the apps can handle it in any way they prefer, i.e. die() calls > in tools/perf/builtin-foo.c are okayish, but not on tools/perf/util/.
Ah, yes, die is a bit strong. And I have been starting to avoid them too. Although, when malloc fails, it's almost certain that the app will die soon anyway ;-)
-- Steve
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