From cda1fbfc5313bb90daa271d45eea4a8d317a8544 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:34:46 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] tracing/events: Fix to check the simple_tsk_fn creation Sashiko pointed that this sample code does not correctly handle the failure of thread creation because kthread_run() can return -errno. Check the simple_tsk_fn is correctly initialized (created) or not. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/178165817322.269421.3992299509400184196.stgit@devnote2/ Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/178092865666.163648.10457567771536160909.stgit%40devnote2 Fixes: 9cfe06f8cd5c ("tracing/events: add trace-events-sample") Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) --- samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.c b/samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.c index ecc7db237f2ef..0b7a6efdb247a 100644 --- a/samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.c +++ b/samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.c @@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ int foo_bar_reg(void) * for consistency sake, we still take the thread_mutex. */ simple_tsk_fn = kthread_run(simple_thread_fn, NULL, "event-sample-fn"); + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(simple_tsk_fn)) { + pr_err("Failed to create simple_thread_fn\n"); + simple_tsk_fn = NULL; + } out: mutex_unlock(&thread_mutex); return 0; -- 2.47.3