[PATCH 3/3] tracing: Use strim() in trigger_process_regex() instead of skip_spaces()
From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Thu Nov 20 2025 - 15:56:37 EST
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
The function trigger_process_regex() is called by a few functions, where
only one calls strim() on the buffer passed to it. That leaves the other
functions not trimming the end of the buffer passed in and making it a
little inconsistent.
Remove the strim() from event_trigger_regex_write() and have
trigger_process_regex() use strim() instead of skip_spaces(). The buff
variable is not passed in as const, so it can be modified.
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
index 16e3449f3cfe..1dfe69146a81 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
@@ -309,7 +309,8 @@ int trigger_process_regex(struct trace_event_file *file, char *buff)
char *command, *next;
struct event_command *p;
- next = buff = skip_spaces(buff);
+ next = buff = strim(buff);
+
command = strsep(&next, ": \t");
if (next) {
next = skip_spaces(next);
@@ -346,8 +347,6 @@ static ssize_t event_trigger_regex_write(struct file *file,
if (IS_ERR(buf))
return PTR_ERR(buf);
- strim(buf);
-
guard(mutex)(&event_mutex);
event_file = event_file_file(file);
--
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