perf stat: Stop repeating when ref_perf_stat() returns -1

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Exit when run_perf_stat() returns an error to avoid continuously
repeating the same error message. It's not expected that COUNTER_FATAL
or internal errors are recoverable so there's no point in retrying.

This fixes the following flood of error messages for permission issues,
for example when perf_event_paranoid==3:
  perf stat -r 1044 -- false

  Error:
  Access to performance monitoring and observability operations is limited.
  ...
  Error:
  Access to performance monitoring and observability operations is limited.
  ...
  (repeating for 1044 times).

Signed-off-by: Levi Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Cc: nd@arm.com
Cc: howardchu95@gmail.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240925132022.2650180-3-yeoreum.yun@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>

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Levi Yun 2024-09-25 14:20:22 +01:00 • committed by Namhyung Kim

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