The original code doesn't work because "call" is never NULL there. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> --- My code should work, but it seems like there should but it seems like there should be a more elegant way to do this? diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c index 4615f62..6070c70 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c @@ -1388,16 +1388,19 @@ int ftrace_profile_set_filter(struct perf_event *event, int event_id, struct event_filter *filter; struct filter_parse_state *ps; struct ftrace_event_call *call = NULL; + int found = 0; mutex_lock(&event_mutex); list_for_each_entry(call, &ftrace_events, list) { - if (call->id == event_id) + if (call->id == event_id) { + found = 1; break; + } } err = -EINVAL; - if (!call) + if (!found) goto out_unlock; err = -EEXIST; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html