[PATCH 1/3] tracing/function: Avoid perf_trace_buf_*() ifevent_function.perf_events is empty

[Oleg Nesterov]

perf_trace_buf_prepare() + perf_trace_buf_submit(head, task => NULL)
make no sense if hlist_empty(head). Change perf_ftrace_function_call()
to check event_function.perf_events beforehand.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c |    6 ++++--
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
index 84b1e04..12df557 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
@@ -266,6 +266,10 @@ perf_ftrace_function_call(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
 	struct pt_regs regs;
 	int rctx;
 
+	head = this_cpu_ptr(event_function.perf_events);
+	if (hlist_empty(head))
+		return;
+
 #define ENTRY_SIZE (ALIGN(sizeof(struct ftrace_entry) + sizeof(u32), \
 		    sizeof(u64)) - sizeof(u32))
 
@@ -279,8 +283,6 @@ perf_ftrace_function_call(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
 
 	entry->ip = ip;
 	entry->parent_ip = parent_ip;
-
-	head = this_cpu_ptr(event_function.perf_events);
 	perf_trace_buf_submit(entry, ENTRY_SIZE, rctx, 0,
 			      1, &regs, head, NULL);
 
-- 
1.5.5.1

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