FAILED: patch "[PATCH] tracing: Fix return value of trace_pid_write()" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From b27f266f74fbda4ee36c2b2b04d15992860cf23b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wonhyuk Yang <vvghjk1234@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2022 14:05:46 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] tracing: Fix return value of trace_pid_write()

Setting set_event_pid with trailing whitespace lead to endless write
system calls like below.

    $ strace echo "123 " > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/set_event_pid
    execve("/usr/bin/echo", ["echo", "123 "], ...) = 0
    ...
    write(1, "123 \n", 5)                   = 4
    write(1, "\n", 1)                       = 0
    write(1, "\n", 1)                       = 0
    write(1, "\n", 1)                       = 0
    write(1, "\n", 1)                       = 0
    write(1, "\n", 1)                       = 0
    ....

This is because, the result of trace_get_user's are not returned when it
read at least one pid. To fix it, update read variable even if
parser->idx == 0.

The result of applied patch is below.

    $ strace echo "123 " > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/set_event_pid
    execve("/usr/bin/echo", ["echo", "123 "], ...) = 0
    ...
    write(1, "123 \n", 5)                   = 5
    close(1)                                = 0

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220503050546.288911-1-vvghjk1234@gmail.com

Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Baik Song An <bsahn@etri.re.kr>
Cc: Hong Yeon Kim <kimhy@etri.re.kr>
Cc: Taeung Song <taeung@reallinux.co.kr>
Cc: linuxgeek@linuxgeek.io
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 4909010788640 ("tracing: Add set_event_pid directory for future use")
Signed-off-by: Wonhyuk Yang <vvghjk1234@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 498ae22d4ffa..4825883b2ffd 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -721,13 +721,16 @@ int trace_pid_write(struct trace_pid_list *filtered_pids,
 		pos = 0;
 
 		ret = trace_get_user(&parser, ubuf, cnt, &pos);
-		if (ret < 0 || !trace_parser_loaded(&parser))
+		if (ret < 0)
 			break;
 
 		read += ret;
 		ubuf += ret;
 		cnt -= ret;
 
+		if (!trace_parser_loaded(&parser))
+			break;
+
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		if (kstrtoul(parser.buffer, 0, &val))
 			break;
@@ -753,7 +756,6 @@ int trace_pid_write(struct trace_pid_list *filtered_pids,
 	if (!nr_pids) {
 		/* Cleared the list of pids */
 		trace_pid_list_free(pid_list);
-		read = ret;
 		pid_list = NULL;
 	}