Re: [PATCH 2/2] tracing: Add free_trace_iter_content() helper function

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Sat Jul 15 2023 - 09:42:10 EST


On Sat, 15 Jul 2023 13:15:32 +0800
Zheng Yejian <zhengyejian1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > @@ -6709,7 +6723,12 @@ static int tracing_open_pipe(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
> > }
> >
> > trace_seq_init(&iter->seq);
> > - iter->trace = tr->current_trace;
> > +
> > + iter->trace = kzalloc(sizeof(*iter->trace), GFP_KERNEL);
> > + if (!iter->trace)
> > + goto fail;
>
> Hi, Steve, 'ret' may need to be set before `goto fail`:
> ret = -ENOMEM;
>

As I mentioned to Masami, this hunk of the patch didn't belong.
Something got mixed up in the commit. This patch even depends on the
previous patch to remove the allocation completely.

-- Steve