The existing code only allows for one space before and after the 'if' specifying the filter for a hist trigger. Add code to make that more permissive as far as whitespace goes. Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c | 19 +++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c index 0a398f3..4f66f2e 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c @@ -4819,7 +4819,7 @@ static int event_hist_trigger_func(struct event_command *cmd_ops, struct synth_event *se; const char *se_name; bool remove = false; - char *trigger; + char *trigger, *p; int ret = 0; if (!param) @@ -4829,9 +4829,19 @@ static int event_hist_trigger_func(struct event_command *cmd_ops, remove = true; /* separate the trigger from the filter (k:v [if filter]) */ - trigger = strsep(¶m, " \t"); - if (!trigger) - return -EINVAL; + trigger = param; + p = strstr(param, " if"); + if (!p) + p = strstr(param, "\tif"); + if (p) { + if (p == trigger) + return -EINVAL; + param = p + 1; + param = strstrip(param); + *p = '\0'; + trigger = strstrip(trigger); + } else + param = NULL; attrs = parse_hist_trigger_attrs(trigger); if (IS_ERR(attrs)) @@ -4889,6 +4899,7 @@ static int event_hist_trigger_func(struct event_command *cmd_ops, } ret = cmd_ops->reg(glob, trigger_ops, trigger_data, file); + /* * The above returns on success the # of triggers registered, * but if it didn't register any it returns zero. Consider no -- 1.9.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html