FAILED: patch "[PATCH] kprobes: Remove unneeded warnings from __arm_kprobe_ftrace()" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.1-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>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.1.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 5ef268cb7a0aac55521fd9881f1939fa94a8988e
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026031702-gesture-tragedy-2d56@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.1.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

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

From 5ef268cb7a0aac55521fd9881f1939fa94a8988e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 23:04:11 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] kprobes: Remove unneeded warnings from __arm_kprobe_ftrace()

Remove unneeded warnings for handled errors from __arm_kprobe_ftrace()
because all caller handled the error correctly.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/177261531182.1312989.8737778408503961141.stgit@mhiramat.tok.corp.google.com/

Reported-by: Zw Tang <shicenci@gmail.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAPHJ_V+J6YDb_wX2nhXU6kh466Dt_nyDSas-1i_Y8s7tqY-Mzw@mail.gmail.com/
Fixes: 9c89bb8e3272 ("kprobes: treewide: Cleanup the error messages for kprobes")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>

diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index 025af57ad3ed..bfc89083daa9 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -1144,12 +1144,12 @@ static int __arm_kprobe_ftrace(struct kprobe *p, struct ftrace_ops *ops,
 	lockdep_assert_held(&kprobe_mutex);
 
 	ret = ftrace_set_filter_ip(ops, (unsigned long)p->addr, 0, 0);
-	if (WARN_ONCE(ret < 0, "Failed to arm kprobe-ftrace at %pS (error %d)\n", p->addr, ret))
+	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
 	if (*cnt == 0) {
 		ret = register_ftrace_function(ops);
-		if (WARN(ret < 0, "Failed to register kprobe-ftrace (error %d)\n", ret)) {
+		if (ret < 0) {
 			/*
 			 * At this point, sinec ops is not registered, we should be sefe from
 			 * registering empty filter.