summary refs log tree commit diff
path: root/kernel/trace/trace_branch.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorFrederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>2008-11-16 05:57:26 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-11-16 07:55:23 +0100
commit1c80025a49855b12fa09bb6db71820e3367b1369 (patch)
tree063fe72ed9bb3410c3293c83a7882cecc46e7410 /kernel/trace/trace_branch.c
parente6e7a65aabdb696cf05a56cfd495c49a11fd4cde (diff)
downloadlinux-1c80025a49855b12fa09bb6db71820e3367b1369.tar.gz
tracing/ftrace: change the type of the init() callback
Impact: extend the ->init() method with the ability to fail

This bring a way to know if the initialization of a tracer successed.
A tracer must return 0 on success and a traditional error (ie:
-ENOMEM) if it fails.

If a tracer fails to init, it is free to print a detailed warn. The
tracing api will not and switch to a new tracer will just return the
error from the init callback.

Note: this will be used for the return tracer.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace/trace_branch.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace_branch.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_branch.c b/kernel/trace/trace_branch.c
index 85265553918f..44bd39539d61 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_branch.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_branch.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static void stop_branch_trace(struct trace_array *tr)
 	disable_branch_tracing();
 }
 
-static void branch_trace_init(struct trace_array *tr)
+static int branch_trace_init(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
 	int cpu;
 
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ static void branch_trace_init(struct trace_array *tr)
 		tracing_reset(tr, cpu);
 
 	start_branch_trace(tr);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void branch_trace_reset(struct trace_array *tr)