[PATCH] tracing: drop unneeded assignment to soft_mode
From: Julia Lawall
Date: Fri Dec 26 2025 - 06:06:20 EST
soft_mode is not read in the enable case, so drop the assignment.
Drop also the comment text that refers to the assignment and realign
the comment.
Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxxx>
---
Since soft_more is not used, there is no direct line from the goal of
verification to finding this problem.
kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 7 +++----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 76067529db61..137b4d9bb116 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -826,16 +826,15 @@ static int __ftrace_event_enable_disable(struct trace_event_file *file,
* When soft_disable is set and enable is set, we want to
* register the tracepoint for the event, but leave the event
* as is. That means, if the event was already enabled, we do
- * nothing (but set soft_mode). If the event is disabled, we
- * set SOFT_DISABLED before enabling the event tracepoint, so
- * it still seems to be disabled.
+ * nothing. If the event is disabled, we set SOFT_DISABLED
+ * before enabling the event tracepoint, so it still seems
+ * to be disabled.
*/
if (!soft_disable)
clear_bit(EVENT_FILE_FL_SOFT_DISABLED_BIT, &file->flags);
else {
if (atomic_inc_return(&file->sm_ref) > 1)
break;
- soft_mode = true;
/* Enable use of trace_buffered_event */
trace_buffered_event_enable();
}