linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] tracing: Remove NULL check from current in tracing_generic_entry

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Date:   Wed, 13 Jan 2021 00:00:57 +0100
From:   Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] tracing: Remove NULL check from current in tracing_generic_entry_update().

I can't imagine when or why `current' would return a NULL pointer. This
check was added in commit
      72829bc3d63cd ("ftrace: move enums to ftrace.h and make helper function global")

but it doesn't give me hint why it was needed.

Assume `current' never returns a NULL pointer and remove the check.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
---
 include/linux/trace_events.h | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/trace_events.h b/include/linux/trace_events.h
index aa9123878e126..252dfcabda3c1 100644
--- a/include/linux/trace_events.h
+++ b/include/linux/trace_events.h
@@ -152,10 +152,8 @@ static inline void tracing_generic_entry_update(struct trace_entry *entry,
 						unsigned short type,
 						unsigned int trace_ctx)
 {
-	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
-
 	entry->preempt_count		= trace_ctx & 0xff;
-	entry->pid			= (tsk) ? tsk->pid : 0;
+	entry->pid			= current->pid;
 	entry->type			= type;
 	entry->flags =			trace_ctx >> 16;
 }
-- 
2.30.0