Re: [PATCH] ring-buffer: Removed unnecessary if() goto out where out is the next line

From: Google
Date: Tue May 27 2025 - 20:35:02 EST


On Tue, 27 May 2025 15:51:16 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> In the function ring_buffer_discard_commit() there's an if statement that
> jumps to the next line:
>
> if (rb_try_to_discard(cpu_buffer, event))
> goto out;
> out:
>
> This was caused by the change that modified the way timestamps were taken
> in interrupt context, and removed the code between the if statement and
> the goto, but failed to update the conditional logic.
>

OK, so this is a kind of cleanup.

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

Thanks,

> Fixes: a389d86f7fd0 ("ring-buffer: Have nested events still record running time stamp")
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 5 +----
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
> index e2aa90dc8d9e..0a3be3a01d14 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
> @@ -4681,10 +4681,7 @@ void ring_buffer_discard_commit(struct trace_buffer *buffer,
> RB_WARN_ON(buffer, !local_read(&cpu_buffer->committing));
>
> rb_decrement_entry(cpu_buffer, event);
> - if (rb_try_to_discard(cpu_buffer, event))
> - goto out;
> -
> - out:
> + rb_try_to_discard(cpu_buffer, event);
> rb_end_commit(cpu_buffer);
>
> trace_recursive_unlock(cpu_buffer);
> --
> 2.47.2
>


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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>