X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=kernel%2Ftrace%2Fftrace.c;h=25edd5cc5935cae5d76342cf04e2bed40c22f00d;hb=7fa9742bf7f918293c0b3ffd84167fccbdd42765;hp=1e1d23c263086635ec225dd762aa47d880002b35;hpb=8884be98bcfa656febd24bd18fe8bececbf81251;p=karo-tx-linux.git

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 1e1d23c26308..25edd5cc5935 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -2278,7 +2278,11 @@ ftrace_regex_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
 	read++;
 	cnt--;
 
-	if (!(iter->flags & ~FTRACE_ITER_CONT)) {
+	/*
+	 * If the parser haven't finished with the last write,
+	 * continue reading the user input without skipping spaces.
+	 */
+	if (!(iter->flags & FTRACE_ITER_CONT)) {
 		/* skip white space */
 		while (cnt && isspace(ch)) {
 			ret = get_user(ch, ubuf++);
@@ -2288,8 +2292,9 @@ ftrace_regex_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
 			cnt--;
 		}
 
+		/* only spaces were written */
 		if (isspace(ch)) {
-			file->f_pos += read;
+			*ppos += read;
 			ret = read;
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -2319,12 +2324,12 @@ ftrace_regex_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
 		iter->buffer_idx = 0;
-	} else
+	} else {
 		iter->flags |= FTRACE_ITER_CONT;
+		iter->buffer[iter->buffer_idx++] = ch;
+	}
 
-
-	file->f_pos += read;
-
+	*ppos += read;
 	ret = read;
  out:
 	mutex_unlock(&ftrace_regex_lock);