Re: [PATCH] tracing: Propagate errors from remote event bulk updates

[Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>]

On Wed, Jul 15, 2026 at 02:04:48PM +0800, Jackie Liu wrote:
> From: Jackie Liu <liuyun01@kylinos.cn>
> 
> remote_events_dir_enable_write() ignores the return value from
> trace_remote_enable_event(). If a remote rejects an event state change,
> the write therefore reports success even though the affected event remains
> in its previous state.
> 
> Keep trying all events, but retain and return the first error. This matches
> __ftrace_set_clr_event_nolock(), which permits partial updates while
> notifying userspace when an operation fails.
> 
> Fixes: 775cb093bc50 ("tracing: Add events/ root files to trace remotes")
> Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol
> Signed-off-by: Jackie Liu <liuyun01@kylinos.cn>

I have sent a related improvement for that here [1]

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260605163825.1762953-3-vdonnefort@google.com/


> ---
>  kernel/trace/trace_remote.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c b/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
> index 0f6ef5c36d84..5212e685f0a3 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
> @@ -1149,11 +1149,22 @@ static ssize_t remote_events_dir_enable_write(struct file *filp, const char __us
>  	guard(mutex)(&remote->lock);
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < remote->nr_events; i++) {
> +		int eret;
>  		struct remote_event *evt = &remote->events[i];
>  
> -		trace_remote_enable_event(remote, evt, enable);
> +		eret = trace_remote_enable_event(remote, evt, enable);
> +		/*
> +		 * Save the first error and return that. Some events
> +		 * may still have been enabled, but let the user
> +		 * know that something went wrong.
> +		 */
> +		if (!ret && eret)
> +			ret = eret;
>  	}
>  
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
>  	return count;
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.54.0
> 
>