linux-kernel - [for-next][PATCH 01/15] tracing: Properly process error handling in event_hist_trigger

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Message-ID: <20260127150611.473025749@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:05:56 -0500
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...nel.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>,
 Tom Zanussi <zanussi@...nel.org>,
 Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@...il.com>
Subject: [for-next][PATCH 01/15] tracing: Properly process error handling in
 event_hist_trigger_parse()

From: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@...il.com>

Memory allocated with trigger_data_alloc() requires trigger_data_free()
for proper cleanup.

Replace kfree() with trigger_data_free() to fix this.

Found via static analysis and code review.

This isn't a real bug due to the current code basically being an open
coded version of trigger_data_free() without the synchronization. The
synchronization isn't needed as this is the error path of creation and
there's nothing to synchronize against yet. Replace the kfree() to be
consistent with the allocation.

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Cc: Tom Zanussi <zanussi@...nel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251211100058.2381268-1-linmq006@gmail.com
Fixes: e1f187d09e11 ("tracing: Have existing event_command.parse() implementations use helpers")
Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
index c97bb2fda5c0..7e50df8b800b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
@@ -6911,7 +6911,7 @@ static int event_hist_trigger_parse(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
 
 	remove_hist_vars(hist_data);
 
-	kfree(trigger_data);
+	trigger_data_free(trigger_data);
 
 	destroy_hist_data(hist_data);
 	goto out;
-- 
2.51.0