Fix validate_trace_empty test check

[lttng-tools.git] / tests / utils / utils.sh

diff --git a/tests/utils/utils.sh b/tests/utils/utils.sh
index ab04979827529a85bcd0864718866eeccc2c3b86..9980e8538a124006a035403ef423fbe9c9c453ae 100644 (file)
--- a/tests/utils/utils.sh
+++ b/tests/utils/utils.sh
@@ -1511,7 +1511,14 @@ function validate_trace_empty()
            skip 0 "Babeltrace binary not found. Skipping trace validation"
        fi
 
-       traced=$($BABELTRACE_BIN $trace_path 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
+       events=$($BABELTRACE_BIN $trace_path 2>/dev/null)
+       ret=$?
+       if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+               fail "Failed to parse trace"
+               return $ret
+       fi
+
+       traced=$(echo -n "$events" | wc -l)
        if [ "$traced" -eq 0 ]; then
                pass "Validate empty trace"
        else