linux-kernel - [for-linus][PATCH 2/4] ftrace: Fix NULL memory allocation check

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Message-ID: <20250502144651.297180675@goodmis.org>
Date: Fri, 02 May 2025 10:46:09 -0400
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
 Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>
Subject: [for-linus][PATCH 2/4] ftrace: Fix NULL memory allocation check

From: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>

The check for a failed memory location is incorrectly checking
the wrong level of pointer indirection by checking !filter_hash
rather than !*filter_hash.  Fix this.

Cc: asami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250422221335.89896-1-colin.i.king@gmail.com
Fixes: 0ae6b8ce200d ("ftrace: Fix accounting of subop hashes")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 61130bb34d6c..6981830c3128 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -3436,7 +3436,7 @@ static int add_next_hash(struct ftrace_hash **filter_hash, struct ftrace_hash **
 
 		/* Copy the subops hash */
 		*filter_hash = alloc_and_copy_ftrace_hash(size_bits, subops_hash->filter_hash);
-		if (!filter_hash)
+		if (!*filter_hash)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		/* Remove any notrace functions from the copy */
 		remove_hash(*filter_hash, subops_hash->notrace_hash);
-- 
2.47.2