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>
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 790ea8c..cdbd5cc 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -264,7 +264,8 @@
*/
struct tracer {
const char *name;
- void (*init)(struct trace_array *tr);
+ /* Your tracer should raise a warning if init fails */
+ int (*init)(struct trace_array *tr);
void (*reset)(struct trace_array *tr);
void (*start)(struct trace_array *tr);
void (*stop)(struct trace_array *tr);