synth_events is returning -EINVAL if the dyn_event create command does not contain ' \t'. This prevents other systems from getting called back. synth_events needs to return -ECANCELED in these cases when the command is not targeting the synth_event system. Signed-off-by: Beau Belgrave <beaub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c index 9315fc03e303..08b7ea639cea 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c @@ -2051,6 +2051,13 @@ static int create_synth_event(const char *raw_command) last_cmd_set(raw_command); + name = raw_command; + + /* Don't try to process if not our system */ + if (name[0] != 's' || name[1] != ':') + return -ECANCELED; + name += 2; + p = strpbrk(raw_command, " \t"); if (!p) { synth_err(SYNTH_ERR_INVALID_CMD, 0); @@ -2059,12 +2066,6 @@ static int create_synth_event(const char *raw_command) fields = skip_spaces(p); - name = raw_command; - - if (name[0] != 's' || name[1] != ':') - return -ECANCELED; - name += 2; - /* This interface accepts group name prefix */ if (strchr(name, '/')) { len = str_has_prefix(name, SYNTH_SYSTEM "/"); -- 2.17.1