From: Dan Carpenter tracing_map_elt_alloc() returns ERR_PTRs on error, never NULL. Fixes: 08d43a5fa063 ('tracing: Add lock-free tracing_map') Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160423102347.GA11136@mwanda Acked-by: Tom Zanussi Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/tracing_map.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/tracing_map.c b/kernel/trace/tracing_map.c index e0f172932eca..e7dfc5eec669 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/tracing_map.c +++ b/kernel/trace/tracing_map.c @@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ static struct tracing_map_elt *copy_elt(struct tracing_map_elt *elt) unsigned int i; dup_elt = tracing_map_elt_alloc(elt->map); - if (!dup_elt) + if (IS_ERR(dup_elt)) return NULL; if (elt->map->ops && elt->map->ops->elt_copy) -- 2.8.0.rc3