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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/6] ftrace: define seq_file only for FMODE_READ
On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 11:10:59 +0800
Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@linux.alibaba.com> wrote:

> The purpose of the operation is to get ftrace_iterator, which is embedded
> in file or seq_file for FMODE_WRITE/FMODE_READ respectively. Since we
> don't have a seq_file for FMODE_WRITE case, it is meaningless to cast
> file->private_data to seq_file.
>
> Let's move the definition when there is a valid seq_file.

I didn't pull in this patch because I find the original more expressive,
and there's really no benefit in changing it.

-- Steve


>
> Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@linux.alibaba.com>
> ---
> kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> index edc233122598..12cb535769bc 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> @@ -5558,7 +5558,6 @@ static void __init set_ftrace_early_filters(void)
>
> int ftrace_regex_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> {
> - struct seq_file *m = (struct seq_file *)file->private_data;
> struct ftrace_iterator *iter;
> struct ftrace_hash **orig_hash;
> struct trace_parser *parser;
> @@ -5566,6 +5565,7 @@ int ftrace_regex_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> int ret;
>
> if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {
> + struct seq_file *m = file->private_data;
> iter = m->private;
> seq_release(inode, file);
> } else

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