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Date:	Fri,  7 Jun 2013 15:07:48 +0900
From:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>
Subject: [PATCH] tracing: Do not call kmem_cache_free() on allocation failure

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

There's no point calling it when _alloc() failed.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 27963e2bf4bf..bb4950b552b5 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static int __trace_define_field(struct list_head *head, const char *type,
 
 	field = kmem_cache_alloc(field_cachep, GFP_TRACE);
 	if (!field)
-		goto err;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	field->name = name;
 	field->type = type;
@@ -114,11 +114,6 @@ static int __trace_define_field(struct list_head *head, const char *type,
 	list_add(&field->link, head);
 
 	return 0;
-
-err:
-	kmem_cache_free(field_cachep, field);
-
-	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 int trace_define_field(struct ftrace_event_call *call, const char *type,
-- 
1.7.11.7

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