Re: [PATCH] tracing: Add *iter check for NULL
From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Sun Jun 19 2016 - 20:28:08 EST
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 02:24:57PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> I tried your patch and it works until you remove the module and try
> reading the trace again. As I said, you left out later processing. This
> should not exit on error. Below is a patch I wrote, and it works well.
>
> I'll add you as reported by.
>
> Thanks!
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks,
Namhyung
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c b/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c
> index f96f0383f6c6..ad1d6164e946 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c
> @@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ struct trace_bprintk_fmt {
> static inline struct trace_bprintk_fmt *lookup_format(const char *fmt)
> {
> struct trace_bprintk_fmt *pos;
> +
> + if (!fmt)
> + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> +
> list_for_each_entry(pos, &trace_bprintk_fmt_list, list) {
> if (!strcmp(pos->fmt, fmt))
> return pos;
> @@ -57,7 +61,8 @@ void hold_module_trace_bprintk_format(const char **start, const char **end)
> for (iter = start; iter < end; iter++) {
> struct trace_bprintk_fmt *tb_fmt = lookup_format(*iter);
> if (tb_fmt) {
> - *iter = tb_fmt->fmt;
> + if (!IS_ERR(tb_fmt))
> + *iter = tb_fmt->fmt;
> continue;
> }
>