If the ring_buffer reserve in synth_event_trace_start() fails, the matching ring_buffer_nest_end() should be called in the error code, since nothing else will ever call it in this case. Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <zanussi@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c index b3bcfd8c7332..a546ffa14785 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c @@ -2043,6 +2043,7 @@ int synth_event_trace_start(struct trace_event_file *file, entry = trace_event_buffer_reserve(&trace_state->fbuffer, file, sizeof(*entry) + fields_size); if (!entry) { + ring_buffer_nest_end(trace_state->buffer); ret = -EINVAL; goto out; } -- 2.14.1