Re: [PATCH] tracing: Have all triggers expect a file parameter

From: Google

Date: Sat Feb 07 2026 - 23:10:08 EST


On Fri, 6 Feb 2026 10:13:51 -0500
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> When the triggers were first created, they may not have had a file
> parameter passed to them and things needed to be done generically.
>
> But today, all triggers have a file parameter passed to them. Remove the
> generic code and add a "if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!file))" to each trigger.
>

Looks good to me.

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,

> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c | 62 +++++++++++------------------
> 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
> index 06b75bcfc7b8..7fa26327c9c7 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
> @@ -1347,18 +1347,13 @@ traceon_trigger(struct event_trigger_data *data,
> {
> struct trace_event_file *file = data->private_data;
>
> - if (file) {
> - if (tracer_tracing_is_on(file->tr))
> - return;
> -
> - tracer_tracing_on(file->tr);
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!file))
> return;
> - }
>
> - if (tracing_is_on())
> + if (tracer_tracing_is_on(file->tr))
> return;
>
> - tracing_on();
> + tracer_tracing_on(file->tr);
> }
>
> static bool
> @@ -1368,13 +1363,11 @@ traceon_count_func(struct event_trigger_data *data,
> {
> struct trace_event_file *file = data->private_data;
>
> - if (file) {
> - if (tracer_tracing_is_on(file->tr))
> - return false;
> - } else {
> - if (tracing_is_on())
> - return false;
> - }
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!file))
> + return false;
> +
> + if (tracer_tracing_is_on(file->tr))
> + return false;
>
> if (!data->count)
> return false;
> @@ -1392,18 +1385,13 @@ traceoff_trigger(struct event_trigger_data *data,
> {
> struct trace_event_file *file = data->private_data;
>
> - if (file) {
> - if (!tracer_tracing_is_on(file->tr))
> - return;
> -
> - tracer_tracing_off(file->tr);
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!file))
> return;
> - }
>
> - if (!tracing_is_on())
> + if (!tracer_tracing_is_on(file->tr))
> return;
>
> - tracing_off();
> + tracer_tracing_off(file->tr);
> }
>
> static bool
> @@ -1413,13 +1401,11 @@ traceoff_count_func(struct event_trigger_data *data,
> {
> struct trace_event_file *file = data->private_data;
>
> - if (file) {
> - if (!tracer_tracing_is_on(file->tr))
> - return false;
> - } else {
> - if (!tracing_is_on())
> - return false;
> - }
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!file))
> + return false;
> +
> + if (!tracer_tracing_is_on(file->tr))
> + return false;
>
> if (!data->count)
> return false;
> @@ -1481,10 +1467,10 @@ snapshot_trigger(struct event_trigger_data *data,
> {
> struct trace_event_file *file = data->private_data;
>
> - if (file)
> - tracing_snapshot_instance(file->tr);
> - else
> - tracing_snapshot();
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!file))
> + return;
> +
> + tracing_snapshot_instance(file->tr);
> }
>
> static int
> @@ -1570,10 +1556,10 @@ stacktrace_trigger(struct event_trigger_data *data,
> {
> struct trace_event_file *file = data->private_data;
>
> - if (file)
> - __trace_stack(file->tr, tracing_gen_ctx_dec(), STACK_SKIP);
> - else
> - trace_dump_stack(STACK_SKIP);
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!file))
> + return;
> +
> + __trace_stack(file->tr, tracing_gen_ctx_dec(), STACK_SKIP);
> }
>
> static int
> --
> 2.51.0
>
>


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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>