On Sun, 25 Oct 2026 01:25:42 +0900
"Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Fixes: 80765597bc58 ("tracing: Rewrite filter logic to be simpler and faster")
> Cc: [email protected]
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <[email protected]>
> ---
>  kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c |   15 +++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c 
> b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
> index 18ce3ec00d34..c2c35b4de85e 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
> @@ -2332,8 +2332,10 @@ static int process_system_preds(struct 
> trace_subsystem_dir *dir,
>                       filter_disable(file);
>                       parse_error(pe, FILT_ERR_BAD_SUBSYS_FILTER, 0);
>                       append_filter_err(tr, pe, filter);
> -             } else
> +             } else {
>                       event_set_filtered_flag(file);
> +                     fail = false;
> +             }
>  
>  
>               filter_item = kzalloc_obj(*filter_item);
> @@ -2348,8 +2350,6 @@ static int process_system_preds(struct 
> trace_subsystem_dir *dir,
>               filter_item->filter = event_filter(file);
>               event_set_filter(file, filter);
>               filter = NULL;
> -
> -             fail = false;
>       }
>  
>       if (fail)
> @@ -2364,14 +2364,17 @@ static int process_system_preds(struct 
> trace_subsystem_dir *dir,
>       return 0;
>   fail:
>       /* No call succeeded */
> -     free_filter_list(filter_list);
> +     if (!list_empty(&filter_list->list))
> +             delay_free_filter(filter_list);
> +     else
> +             free_filter_list(filter_list);
>       parse_error(pe, FILT_ERR_BAD_SUBSYS_FILTER, 0);
>       return -EINVAL;
>   fail_mem:
>       __free_filter(filter);
>  
> -     /* If any call succeeded, we still need to sync */
> -     if (!fail)
> +     /* If any filter was replaced, we still need to sync */
> +     if (!list_empty(&filter_list->list))
>               delay_free_filter(filter_list);
>       else
>               free_filter_list(filter_list);

Hmm, I think this can be cleaned up a bit better.

 1) remove the fail boolean
 2) consolidate the if (!list_empty()) logic.

Like this:

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c 
b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index 5e74d2dae40a..4d763c55bb7b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -2305,7 +2305,7 @@ static int process_system_preds(struct 
trace_subsystem_dir *dir,
        struct filter_list *filter_item;
        struct event_filter *filter = NULL;
        struct filter_head *filter_list;
-       bool fail = true;
+       int ret = -ENOMEM;
        int err;
 
        filter_list = kmalloc_obj(*filter_list);
@@ -2332,8 +2332,10 @@ static int process_system_preds(struct 
trace_subsystem_dir *dir,
                        filter_disable(file);
                        parse_error(pe, FILT_ERR_BAD_SUBSYS_FILTER, 0);
                        append_filter_err(tr, pe, filter);
-               } else
+               } else {
                        event_set_filtered_flag(file);
+                       ret = 0;
+               }
 
 
                filter_item = kzalloc_obj(*filter_item);
@@ -2348,11 +2350,9 @@ static int process_system_preds(struct 
trace_subsystem_dir *dir,
                filter_item->filter = event_filter(file);
                event_set_filter(file, filter);
                filter = NULL;
-
-               fail = false;
        }
 
-       if (fail)
+       if (ret)
                goto fail;
 
        /*
@@ -2364,19 +2364,18 @@ static int process_system_preds(struct 
trace_subsystem_dir *dir,
        return 0;
  fail:
        /* No call succeeded */
-       free_filter_list(filter_list);
        parse_error(pe, FILT_ERR_BAD_SUBSYS_FILTER, 0);
-       return -EINVAL;
+       ret = -EINVAL;
  fail_mem:
        __free_filter(filter);
 
-       /* If any call succeeded, we still need to sync */
-       if (!fail)
+       /* If any filter was replaced, we still need to sync */
+       if (!list_empty(&filter_list->list))
                delay_free_filter(filter_list);
        else
                free_filter_list(filter_list);
 
-       return -ENOMEM;
+       return ret;
 }
 
 static int create_filter_start(char *filter_string, bool set_str,


-- Steve

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