The trace_array_create_systems() function returns error pointers, not NULL. Fix the check to match. Fixes: e645535a954a ("tracing: Add option to use memmapped memory for trace boot instance") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/trace.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c index 71cca10581d6..5462fb10ff64 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -10507,7 +10507,7 @@ __init static void enable_instances(void) } tr = trace_array_create_systems(name, NULL, addr, size); - if (!tr) { + if (IS_ERR(tr)) { pr_warn("Tracing: Failed to create instance buffer %s\n", curr_str); continue; } -- 2.43.0