linux-kernel - [PATCH][GIT PULL][v2.6.32] tracing: Fix return value of tracing_stats

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Date:	Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:33:45 -0500
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH][GIT PULL][v2.6.32] tracing: Fix return value of
 tracing_stats_read()


Ingo,

I know this is late in the rc's, but this is a very minor fix. Do you
think we can slip this in before 33.

Please pull the latest tip/tracing/urgent tree, which can be found at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-trace.git
tip/tracing/urgent


Roel Kluin (1):
      tracing: Fix return value of tracing_stats_read()

----
 kernel/trace/trace.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
---------------------------
commit a646365cc330b5aaf4452c91f61b1e0d1acf68d0
Author: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
Date:   Wed Nov 11 22:26:35 2009 +0100

    tracing: Fix return value of tracing_stats_read()
    
    The function tracing_stats_read() mistakenly returns ENOMEM instead
    of the negative value -ENOMEM.
    
    Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
    LKML-Reference: <4AFB2C0B.50605@...il.com>
    Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index b20d3ec..03c7fd5 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -3730,7 +3730,7 @@ tracing_stats_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 
 	s = kmalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!s)
-		return ENOMEM;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	trace_seq_init(s);
 


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