[PATCH 1/4] tracing/selftest: Add a WARN_ON() if a tracer test fails

Steven Rostedt
2012-06-28T23:18:12Z

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From: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>

Add a WARN_ON() output on test failures so that they are easier to detect
in automated tests. Although, the WARN_ON() will not print if the test
causes the system to crash, obviously.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
kernel/trace/trace.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 49249c2..748f640 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -830,6 +830,8 @@ int register_tracer(struct tracer *type)
current_trace = saved_tracer;
if (ret) {
printk(KERN_CONT "FAILED!\n");
+ /* Add the warning after printing 'FAILED' */
+ WARN_ON(1);
goto out;
}
/* Only reset on passing, to avoid touching corrupted buffers */