On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 06:09:14PM +0100, Markus Elfring wrote:
> >> Thus return directly after a failed devm_kasprintf() call.
> >>
> >> Fixes: 724142f8c42a7 ("fpga: dfl: fme: add performance reporting support")
> >
> > This basically doesn't affect runtime because perf_pmu_register() checks
> > for NULL so no need for a Fixes tag.
>
> I suggest to clarify this view a bit more also according to statements
> like the following.
>
> 1. https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.8-rc2/source/kernel/events/core.c#L11532
> perf_pmu_register:
> …
> pmu->name = name;
> …
The check is right before that on line 11527.
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.8-rc2/source/kernel/events/core.c#L11527
regards,
dan carpenter
