From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" If the trace_seq of ftrace_raw_output_prep() is full this function returns TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE, otherwise it returns zero. The problem is that TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE happens to be zero! The thing is, the caller of ftrace_raw_output_prep() expects a success to be zero. Change that to expect it to be TRACE_TYPE_HANDLED. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20141114112522.GA2988@dhcp128.suse.cz Reminded-by: Petr Mladek Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- include/trace/ftrace.h | 2 +- kernel/trace/trace_output.c | 5 +---- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/trace/ftrace.h b/include/trace/ftrace.h index f13471b5d27a..139b5067345b 100644 --- a/include/trace/ftrace.h +++ b/include/trace/ftrace.h @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ ftrace_raw_output_##call(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags, \ field = (typeof(field))iter->ent; \ \ ret = ftrace_raw_output_prep(iter, trace_event); \ - if (ret) \ + if (ret != TRACE_TYPE_HANDLED) \ return ret; \ \ trace_seq_printf(s, print); \ diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c index 163c11b6b8ff..723818bc83b4 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c @@ -196,10 +196,7 @@ int ftrace_raw_output_prep(struct trace_iterator *iter, trace_seq_init(p); trace_seq_printf(s, "%s: ", ftrace_event_name(event)); - if (trace_seq_has_overflowed(s)) - return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE; - - return 0; + return trace_handle_return(s); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(ftrace_raw_output_prep); -- 2.1.1