tracing: Only create tracer options files if directory exists

Do not bother creating tracer options if no tracing directory exists. If a tracer is enabled via the command line, and is started before the tracing directory is created, then it wont have its tracer specific options created. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>
josf · Feb 3, 2015 · 0f67f04 · 0f67f04
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commit 0f67f04
Showing 1 changed file with 5 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -4172,8 +4172,11 @@ static int tracing_set_tracer(struct trace_array *tr, const char *buf)
 		free_snapshot(tr);
 	}
 #endif
-	/* Currently, only the top instance has options */
-	if (tr->flags & TRACE_ARRAY_FL_GLOBAL) {
+	/*
+	 * Only enable if the directory has been created already.
+	 * Currently, only the top instance has options
+	 */
+	if (tr->dir && tr->flags & TRACE_ARRAY_FL_GLOBAL) {
 		destroy_trace_option_files(topts);
 		topts = create_trace_option_files(tr, t);
 	}