3.16.60-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Dmitry Safonov <dsafonov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 5ba8a4a96f6eaa6af88e24c7794f142217aa3b6f upstream. It's useless. Before: [tracing]# echo 'p:test /a:0x0' >> uprobe_events [tracing]# echo 'p:test a:0x0' >> uprobe_events -bash: echo: write error: No such file or directory [tracing]# echo 'p:test 1:0x0' >> uprobe_events -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument After: [tracing]# echo 'p:test 1:0x0' >> uprobe_events -bash: echo: write error: No such file or directory Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160825152110.25663-3-dsafonov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Acked-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov <dsafonov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c @@ -430,10 +430,6 @@ static int create_trace_uprobe(int argc, pr_info("Probe point is not specified.\n"); return -EINVAL; } - if (isdigit(argv[1][0])) { - pr_info("probe point must be have a filename.\n"); - return -EINVAL; - } arg = strchr(argv[1], ':'); if (!arg) { ret = -EINVAL;