[for-linus][PATCH 1/2] tracing: Fix permissions for the buffer_percent file

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Wed May 03 2023 - 19:15:43 EST


From: Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@xxxxxxxxxx>

This file defines both read and write operations, yet it is being
created as read-only. This means that it can't be written to without the
CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE capability. Fix the permissions to allow root to write
to it without the need to override DAC perms.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20230503140114.3280002-1-omosnace@xxxxxxxxxx

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 03329f993978 ("tracing: Add tracefs file buffer_percentage")
Signed-off-by: Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 076d893d2965..b9be1af23a73 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -9660,7 +9660,7 @@ init_tracer_tracefs(struct trace_array *tr, struct dentry *d_tracer)

tr->buffer_percent = 50;

- trace_create_file("buffer_percent", TRACE_MODE_READ, d_tracer,
+ trace_create_file("buffer_percent", TRACE_MODE_WRITE, d_tracer,
tr, &buffer_percent_fops);

create_trace_options_dir(tr);
--
2.39.2