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* [PATCH] tracing/boot: Fix an IS_ERR() vs NULL bug
@ 2020-01-17  5:30 Dan Carpenter
  2020-01-17 23:59 ` Masami Hiramatsu
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Dan Carpenter @ 2020-01-17  5:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Steven Rostedt (VMware), Masami Hiramatsu
  Cc: Ingo Molnar, linux-kernel, kernel-janitors

The trace_array_get_by_name() function doesn't return error pointers,
it returns NULL on error.

Fixes: 4f712a4d04a4 ("tracing/boot: Add instance node support")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_boot.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_boot.c b/kernel/trace/trace_boot.c
index fa9603dc6469..cd541ac1cbc1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_boot.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_boot.c
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ trace_boot_init_instances(struct xbc_node *node)
 			continue;
 
 		tr = trace_array_get_by_name(p);
-		if (IS_ERR(tr)) {
+		if (!tr) {
 			pr_err("Failed to get trace instance %s\n", p);
 			continue;
 		}
-- 
2.11.0


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* Re: [PATCH] tracing/boot: Fix an IS_ERR() vs NULL bug
  2020-01-17  5:30 [PATCH] tracing/boot: Fix an IS_ERR() vs NULL bug Dan Carpenter
@ 2020-01-17 23:59 ` Masami Hiramatsu
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Masami Hiramatsu @ 2020-01-17 23:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Dan Carpenter
  Cc: Steven Rostedt (VMware), Ingo Molnar, linux-kernel, kernel-janitors

On Fri, 17 Jan 2020 08:30:07 +0300
Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> wrote:

> The trace_array_get_by_name() function doesn't return error pointers,
> it returns NULL on error.

Good catch! It used to use trace_array_create() which returns err_ptr,
but trace_array_get_by_name() doesn't anymore.

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>

Thank you!


> 
> Fixes: 4f712a4d04a4 ("tracing/boot: Add instance node support")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
> ---
>  kernel/trace/trace_boot.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_boot.c b/kernel/trace/trace_boot.c
> index fa9603dc6469..cd541ac1cbc1 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_boot.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_boot.c
> @@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ trace_boot_init_instances(struct xbc_node *node)
>  			continue;
>  
>  		tr = trace_array_get_by_name(p);
> -		if (IS_ERR(tr)) {
> +		if (!tr) {
>  			pr_err("Failed to get trace instance %s\n", p);
>  			continue;
>  		}
> -- 
> 2.11.0
> 


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>

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