3.10-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: "zhangwei(Jovi)" <jovi.zhangwei@xxxxxxxxxx> commit fa44063f9ef163c3a4c8d8c0465bb8a056b42035 upstream. When wrong argument is passed into uprobe_events it does not return an error: [root@jovi tracing]# echo 'p:myprobe /bin/bash' > uprobe_events [root@jovi tracing]# The proper response is: [root@jovi tracing]# echo 'p:myprobe /bin/bash' > uprobe_events -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/51B964FF.5000106@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: zhangwei(Jovi) <jovi.zhangwei@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: <srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c @@ -283,8 +283,10 @@ static int create_trace_uprobe(int argc, return -EINVAL; } arg = strchr(argv[1], ':'); - if (!arg) + if (!arg) { + ret = -EINVAL; goto fail_address_parse; + } *arg++ = '\0'; filename = argv[1]; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html