Re: [PATCH] tracing/boot: Fix an IS_ERR() vs NULL bug

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

Thank you!


> 
> Fixes: 4f712a4d04a4 ("tracing/boot: Add instance node support")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  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@xxxxxxxxxx>



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