[PATCH] tracing: branch: Fix inverted check on stat tracer registration

From: Breno Leitao

Date: Mon Apr 20 2026 - 09:56:52 EST


init_annotated_branch_stats() and all_annotated_branch_stats() check the
return value of register_stat_tracer() with "if (!ret)", but
register_stat_tracer() returns 0 on success and a negative errno on
failure. The inverted check causes the warning to be printed on every
successful registration, e.g.:

Warning: could not register annotated branches stats

while leaving real failures silent. The initcall also returned a
hard-coded 1 instead of the actual error.

Invert the check and propagate ret so that the warning fires on real
errors and the initcall reports the correct status.

Fixes: 002bb86d8d42 ("tracing/ftrace: separate events tracing and stats tracing engine")
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace_branch.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_branch.c b/kernel/trace/trace_branch.c
index 6809b370e991d..d1564db95a8f5 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_branch.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_branch.c
@@ -373,10 +373,10 @@ __init static int init_annotated_branch_stats(void)
int ret;

ret = register_stat_tracer(&annotated_branch_stats);
- if (!ret) {
+ if (ret) {
printk(KERN_WARNING "Warning: could not register "
"annotated branches stats\n");
- return 1;
+ return ret;
}
return 0;
}
@@ -438,10 +438,10 @@ __init static int all_annotated_branch_stats(void)
int ret;

ret = register_stat_tracer(&all_branch_stats);
- if (!ret) {
+ if (ret) {
printk(KERN_WARNING "Warning: could not register "
"all branches stats\n");
- return 1;
+ return ret;
}
return 0;
}

---
base-commit: c7275b05bc428c7373d97aa2da02d3a7fa6b9f66
change-id: 20260420-tracing-3f1367ee4b93

Best regards,
--
Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>