perf python: Add more exceptions on error paths

Returning NULL will cause the python interpreter to fail but not
report an error. If none wants to be returned then Py_None needs
returning.

Set the error for the cases returning NULL so that more meaningful
interpreter behavior is had.

Reviewed-by: Howard Chu <howardchu95@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@google.com>
Cc: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <linux@treblig.org>
Cc: Gautam Menghani <gautam@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Falcon <thomas.falcon@intel.com>
Cc: Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn>
Cc: Weilin Wang <weilin.wang@intel.com>
Cc: Xu Yang <xu.yang_2@nxp.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250819013941.209033-2-irogers@google.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/python.c b/tools/perf/util/python.c
index ea77bea0306f..d47cbc1c2257 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/python.c
@@ -485,13 +485,19 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_event__new(const union perf_event *event)
 	if ((event->header.type < PERF_RECORD_MMAP ||
 	     event->header.type > PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE) &&
 	    !(event->header.type == PERF_RECORD_SWITCH ||
-	      event->header.type == PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE))
+	      event->header.type == PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE)) {
+		PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "Unexpected header type %u",
+			     event->header.type);
 		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	// FIXME this better be dynamic or we need to parse everything
 	// before calling perf_mmap__consume(), including tracepoint fields.
-	if (sizeof(pevent->event) < event->header.size)
+	if (sizeof(pevent->event) < event->header.size) {
+		PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "Unexpected event size: %zd < %u",
+			     sizeof(pevent->event), event->header.size);
 		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	ptype = pyrf_event__type[event->header.type];
 	pevent = PyObject_New(struct pyrf_event, ptype);
@@ -1209,8 +1215,10 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_evlist__read_on_cpu(struct pyrf_evlist *pevlist,
 		return NULL;
 
 	md = get_md(evlist, cpu);
-	if (!md)
+	if (!md) {
+		PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "Unknown CPU '%d'", cpu);
 		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	if (perf_mmap__read_init(&md->core) < 0)
 		goto end;