Re: [PATCH] tracing: Do not register unsupported perf events

[Steven Rostedt]

On Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:22:18 -0800
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Thanks,
> Namhyung
> 
> > ---
> >  kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 2 ++
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> > index a5a93d243047..754b14ca87a7 100644
> > --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> > @@ -710,6 +710,8 @@ int trace_event_reg(struct trace_event_call *call,
> >  
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
> >  	case TRACE_REG_PERF_REGISTER:
> > +		if (!call->class->perf_probe)
> > +			return -ENODEV;

Thanks Namhyung (and Jiri), but this actually already made it upstream as
it was a bug fix and I wanted to get it into the next rc release (rc2).

But, the real fix is having perf be able to handle synthetic_events as real
events.

Can you please review this patch:

  https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20251217113920.50b56246@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

I plan on queuing that for the next merge window.

Thanks,

-- Steve


> >  		return tracepoint_probe_register(call->tp,
> >  						 call->class->perf_probe,
> >  						 call);
> > --