Hi Tzvetomir, On 18/10/2019 15:57, Tzvetomir Stoyanov (VMware) wrote: > Depending of the kernel configuration, some ftrace files are optional > and may not exist. This should not confuse trace-cmd, as it is a valid > case. One such case is tracing_max_latency file, when CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE > or CONFIG_HWLAT_TRACER are not set. > A check is added in write_instance_file() to ensure the file exist before trying > to write in it. > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205241 > > Reported-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@xxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov (VMware) <tz.stoyanov@xxxxxxxxx> Ran through my test just fine, so: Tested-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@xxxxxxx> Thanks for looking at this! > --- > tracecmd/trace-record.c | 5 ++++- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/tracecmd/trace-record.c b/tracecmd/trace-record.c > index 81aca1f..c65731f 100644 > --- a/tracecmd/trace-record.c > +++ b/tracecmd/trace-record.c > @@ -813,11 +813,14 @@ static int > write_instance_file(struct buffer_instance *instance, > const char *file, const char *str, const char *type) > { > + struct stat st; > char *path; > int ret; > > path = get_instance_file(instance, file); > - ret = write_file(path, str, type); > + ret = stat(path, &st); > + if (ret == 0) > + ret = write_file(path, str, type); > tracecmd_put_tracing_file(path); > > return ret; >