linux-kernel - [tip:perf/core] ftrace: Remove a superfluous check

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <tip-8d240dd88cca33b704adf3fe281aa64b5aac2dd8@git.kernel.org>
Date:	Wed, 20 Jun 2012 03:38:32 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org,
	jkacur@...hat.com, rostedt@...dmis.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	bp@...64.org, borislav.petkov@....com
Subject: [tip:perf/core] ftrace: Remove a superfluous check

Commit-ID:  8d240dd88cca33b704adf3fe281aa64b5aac2dd8
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/8d240dd88cca33b704adf3fe281aa64b5aac2dd8
Author:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
AuthorDate: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:11:40 +0200
Committer:  Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
CommitDate: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:22:12 -0400

ftrace: Remove a superfluous check

register_ftrace_function() checks ftrace_disabled and calls
__register_ftrace_function which does it again.

Drop the first check and add the unlikely hint to the second one. Also,
drop the label as John correctly notices.

No functional change.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120329171140.GE6409@aftab

Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
Cc: John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/ftrace.c |    8 ++------
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index a008663..b4f20fb 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ static int remove_ftrace_list_ops(struct ftrace_ops **list,
 
 static int __register_ftrace_function(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
 {
-	if (ftrace_disabled)
+	if (unlikely(ftrace_disabled))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	if (FTRACE_WARN_ON(ops == &global_ops))
@@ -4299,16 +4299,12 @@ int register_ftrace_function(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
 
 	mutex_lock(&ftrace_lock);
 
-	if (unlikely(ftrace_disabled))
-		goto out_unlock;
-
 	ret = __register_ftrace_function(ops);
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = ftrace_startup(ops, 0);
 
-
- out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&ftrace_lock);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_ftrace_function);
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/