ftrace: Create ftrace_hash_empty() helper routine
authorSteven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:07:36 +0000 (19:07 -0500)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Fri, 3 Jan 2014 04:33:36 +0000 (04:33 +0000)
commit195c821e74fc44042a86f9d7f101dc6f03a826b1
tree586a28d889fe04f54f0aee55ff20b9b14c22446a
parent4f02a39322708b815cd2f623632ce9ea19a955e1
ftrace: Create ftrace_hash_empty() helper routine

commit 06a51d9307380c78bb5c92e68fc80ad2c7d7f890 upstream.

There are two types of hashes in the ftrace_ops; one type
is the filter_hash and the other is the notrace_hash. Either
one may be null, meaning it has no elements. But when elements
are added, the hash is allocated.

Throughout the code, a check needs to be made to see if a hash
exists or the hash has elements, but the check if the hash exists
is usually missing causing the possible "NULL pointer dereference bug".

Add a helper routine called "ftrace_hash_empty()" that returns
true if the hash doesn't exist or its count is zero. As they mean
the same thing.

Last-bug-reported-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
kernel/trace/ftrace.c