[PATCH v3 03/18] tracing/remotes: Use kstrtobool for boolean tracefs files

From: Vincent Donnefort

Date: Tue Jul 21 2026 - 06:55:39 EST


Use kstrtobool in trace_remote.c where possible. This is more user-friendly
as it allows a better variety of input strings.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c b/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
index 2bc3afe1204c..94a52445cff9 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
@@ -235,10 +235,10 @@ tracing_on_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt, loff_t
{
struct seq_file *seq = filp->private_data;
struct trace_remote *remote = seq->private;
- unsigned long val;
+ bool val;
int ret;

- ret = kstrtoul_from_user(ubuf, cnt, 10, &val);
+ ret = kstrtobool_from_user(ubuf, cnt, &val);
if (ret)
return ret;

@@ -1148,10 +1148,10 @@ static ssize_t remote_event_enable_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *u
struct seq_file *seq = filp->private_data;
struct remote_event *evt = seq->private;
struct trace_remote *remote = evt->remote;
- u8 enable;
+ bool enable;
int ret;

- ret = kstrtou8_from_user(ubuf, count, 10, &enable);
+ ret = kstrtobool_from_user(ubuf, count, &enable);
if (ret)
return ret;

@@ -1232,10 +1232,10 @@ static ssize_t remote_events_dir_enable_write(struct file *filp, const char __us
size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
{
struct trace_remote *remote = file_inode(filp)->i_private;
+ bool enable;
int i, ret;
- u8 enable;

- ret = kstrtou8_from_user(ubuf, count, 10, &enable);
+ ret = kstrtobool_from_user(ubuf, count, &enable);
if (ret)
return ret;

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2.55.0.229.g6434b31f56-goog