linux-kernel - [PATCH 06/15] tracing: Check return value of tracing_dentry

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Date:	Fri, 18 May 2012 09:09:04 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>
Subject: [PATCH 06/15] tracing: Check return value of tracing_dentry_percpu()

From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>

If tracing_dentry_percpu() failed, tracing_init_debugfs_percpu()
will try to create each cpu directories on debugfs' root directory
as d_percpu is NULL.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1335143517-2285-1-git-send-email-namhyung.kim@lge.com

Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/trace.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index dfbd86c..0ed4df0 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -4474,6 +4474,9 @@ static void tracing_init_debugfs_percpu(long cpu)
 	struct dentry *d_cpu;
 	char cpu_dir[30]; /* 30 characters should be more than enough */
 
+	if (!d_percpu)
+		return;
+
 	snprintf(cpu_dir, 30, "cpu%ld", cpu);
 	d_cpu = debugfs_create_dir(cpu_dir, d_percpu);
 	if (!d_cpu) {
-- 
1.7.10



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