[PATCH] tracing: Use swap macro in update_max_tr

From: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Date: Fri Feb 09 2018 - 12:53:32 EST


Make use of the swap macro and remove unnecessary variable _buf_.
This makes the code easier to read and maintain. Also, reduces the
stack usage.

This code was detected with the help of Coccinelle.

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace.c | 6 +-----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 5660853..6dcd740 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -1351,8 +1351,6 @@ __update_max_tr(struct trace_array *tr, struct task_struct *tsk, int cpu)
void
update_max_tr(struct trace_array *tr, struct task_struct *tsk, int cpu)
{
- struct ring_buffer *buf;
-
if (tr->stop_count)
return;

@@ -1366,9 +1364,7 @@ update_max_tr(struct trace_array *tr, struct task_struct *tsk, int cpu)

arch_spin_lock(&tr->max_lock);

- buf = tr->trace_buffer.buffer;
- tr->trace_buffer.buffer = tr->max_buffer.buffer;
- tr->max_buffer.buffer = buf;
+ swap(tr->trace_buffer.buffer, tr->max_buffer.buffer);

__update_max_tr(tr, tsk, cpu);
arch_spin_unlock(&tr->max_lock);
--
2.7.4