On Wed, 16 Oct 2019 09:48:53 -0400 Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > @@ -6796,10 +6798,12 @@ ftrace_enable_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int write, > > ret = proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos); As you just stated on IRC, the update to ftrace_enabled gets updated in the above routine. I forgot about this :-/ (Senior moment) I guess there's nothing to worry about here. -- Steve > > - if (ret || !write || (last_ftrace_enabled == !!ftrace_enabled)) > + if (ret || !write || (ftrace_enabled == !!sysctl_ftrace_enabled)) > goto out; >