2 files changed, 7 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/trace/control.c b/trace/control.c
index 5669db7eea..b82fb87316 100644
--- a/trace/control.c
+++ b/trace/control.c
@@ -222,8 +222,10 @@ static void trace_init_events(const char *fname)
     loc_pop(&loc);
 }
 
-void trace_init_file(const char *file)
+void trace_init_file(void)
 {
+    QemuOpts *opts = qemu_find_opts_singleton("trace");
+    const char *file = qemu_opt_get(opts, "file");
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_SIMPLE
     st_set_trace_file(file);
     if (init_trace_on_startup) {
@@ -289,9 +291,8 @@ bool trace_init_backends(void)
     return true;
 }
 
-char *trace_opt_parse(const char *optarg)
+void trace_opt_parse(const char *optarg)
 {
-    char *trace_file;
     QemuOpts *opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("trace"),
                                              optarg, true);
     if (!opts) {
@@ -301,11 +302,8 @@ char *trace_opt_parse(const char *optarg)
         trace_enable_events(qemu_opt_get(opts, "enable"));
     }
     trace_init_events(qemu_opt_get(opts, "events"));
-    trace_file = g_strdup(qemu_opt_get(opts, "file"));
     init_trace_on_startup = true;
     qemu_opts_del(opts);
-
-    return trace_file;
 }
 
 uint32_t trace_get_vcpu_event_count(void)
diff --git a/trace/control.h b/trace/control.h
index 1f81c491b6..05b95ea453 100644
--- a/trace/control.h
+++ b/trace/control.h
@@ -167,8 +167,6 @@ void trace_event_set_vcpu_state_dynamic(CPUState *vcpu,
 
 /**
  * trace_init_backends:
- * @file:   Name of trace output file; may be NULL.
- *          Corresponds to commandline option "--trace file=...".
  *
  * Initialize the tracing backend.
  *
@@ -178,14 +176,12 @@ bool trace_init_backends(void);
 
 /**
  * trace_init_file:
- * @file:   Name of trace output file; may be NULL.
- *          Corresponds to commandline option "--trace file=...".
  *
  * Record the name of the output file for the tracing backend.
  * Exits if no selected backend does not support specifying the
- * output file, and a non-NULL file was passed.
+ * output file, and a file was specified with "-trace file=...".
  */
-void trace_init_file(const char *file);
+void trace_init_file(void);
 
 /**
  * trace_init_vcpu:
@@ -229,10 +225,8 @@ extern QemuOptsList qemu_trace_opts;
  * @optarg: A string argument of --trace command line argument
  *
  * Initialize tracing subsystem.
- *
- * Returns the filename to save trace to.  It must be freed with g_free().
  */
-char *trace_opt_parse(const char *optarg);
+void trace_opt_parse(const char *optarg);
 
 /**
  * trace_get_vcpu_event_count: