1 files changed, 16 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/block/blktrace.c b/block/blktrace.c
index 562ca7cbf858..74e02c04b2da 100644
--- a/block/blktrace.c
+++ b/block/blktrace.c
@@ -31,26 +31,24 @@ static unsigned int blktrace_seq __read_mostly = 1;
 /*
  * Send out a notify message.
  */
-static inline unsigned int trace_note(struct blk_trace *bt,
-                pid_t pid, int action,
-                const void *data, size_t len)
+static void trace_note(struct blk_trace *bt, pid_t pid, int action,
+                       const void *data, size_t len)
 {
         struct blk_io_trace *t;
-        int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
         t = relay_reserve(bt->rchan, sizeof(*t) + len);
-        if (t == NULL)
-                return 0;
-
-        t->magic = BLK_IO_TRACE_MAGIC | BLK_IO_TRACE_VERSION;
-        t->time = sched_clock() - per_cpu(blk_trace_cpu_offset, cpu);
-        t->device = bt->dev;
-        t->action = action;
-        t->pid = pid;
-        t->cpu = cpu;
-        t->pdu_len = len;
-        memcpy((void *) t + sizeof(*t), data, len);
-        return blktrace_seq;
+        if (t) {
+                const int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+
+                t->magic = BLK_IO_TRACE_MAGIC | BLK_IO_TRACE_VERSION;
+                t->time = sched_clock() - per_cpu(blk_trace_cpu_offset, cpu);
+                t->device = bt->dev;
+                t->action = action;
+                t->pid = pid;
+                t->cpu = cpu;
+                t->pdu_len = len;
+                memcpy((void *) t + sizeof(*t), data, len);
+        }
 }
 
 /*
@@ -59,9 +57,8 @@ static inline unsigned int trace_note(struct blk_trace *bt,
  */
 static void trace_note_tsk(struct blk_trace *bt, struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-        tsk->btrace_seq = trace_note(bt, tsk->pid,
-                        BLK_TN_PROCESS,
-                        tsk->comm, sizeof(tsk->comm));
+        tsk->btrace_seq = blktrace_seq;
+        trace_note(bt, tsk->pid, BLK_TN_PROCESS, tsk->comm, sizeof(tsk->comm));
 }
 
 static void trace_note_time(struct blk_trace *bt)