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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/trace/trace.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c index b26c4c277..8658cad53 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -7296,11 +7296,13 @@ ssize_t tracing_buffers_splice_read(struct file *file, loff_t *ppos, r = ring_buffer_read_page(ref->buffer, ref->rpage, len, iter->cpu_file, 1); } else if (!i) { /* - * We failed to read because the length is too small - * or unaligned. If this is the first iteration, it's - * an invalid userspace input. Otherwise, this is due - * to a subbuf order change. Do not report an error - * and just finish the read. + * If this fails to read on the first iteration, it + * means the length was too small and an error should + * be returned to user space. Otherwise, at least + * one sub-buffer was successfully read but this failed + * due to either the length was unaligned or the + * subbuf order changed. Either case, do not report + * an error. */ ret = -EINVAL; } |