linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -tip 5/5] tracing: simplify memory recycle of trace_define

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Date:	Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:04:20 +0800
From:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Wenji Huang <wenji.huang@...cle.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, fweisbec@...il.com,
	rostedt@...dmis.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip 5/5] tracing: simplify memory recycle of trace_define_field

Wenji Huang wrote:
> Discard freeing field->type since it's not necessary and may be hazard.
> 

It's redundant, but it's safe, because if we run into this failure path,
field->type is always NULL.

> Signed-off-by: Wenji Huang <wenji.huang@...cle.com>

Reviewed-by: Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>

> ---
>  kernel/trace/trace_events.c |    4 +---
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> index c2a3077..3f972ad 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> @@ -60,10 +60,8 @@ int trace_define_field(struct ftrace_event_call *call, const char *type,
>  	return 0;
>  
>  err:
> -	if (field) {
> +	if (field)
>  		kfree(field->name);
> -		kfree(field->type);
> -	}
>  	kfree(field);
>  
>  	return -ENOMEM;
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