linux-kernel - [for-next][PATCH 3/6] tracing: Fix a NULL vs IS_ERR() bug in event_subsystem

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Message-ID: <20231020222740.185464260@goodmis.org>
Date:   Fri, 20 Oct 2023 18:27:16 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
Subject: [for-next][PATCH 3/6] tracing: Fix a NULL vs IS_ERR() bug in event_subsystem_dir()

From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>

The eventfs_create_dir() function returns error pointers, it never returns
NULL.  Update the check to reflect that.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/ff641474-84e2-46a7-9d7a-62b251a1050c@moroto.mountain

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Fixes: 5790b1fb3d67 ("eventfs: Remove eventfs_file and just use eventfs_inode")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index db46d2116500..f9e3e24d8796 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -2354,7 +2354,7 @@ event_subsystem_dir(struct trace_array *tr, const char *name,
 		nr_entries = ARRAY_SIZE(system_entries);
 
 	ei = eventfs_create_dir(name, parent, system_entries, nr_entries, dir);
-	if (!ei) {
+	if (IS_ERR(ei)) {
 		pr_warn("Failed to create system directory %s\n", name);
 		__put_system(system);
 		goto out_free;
-- 
2.42.0