Merge branch 'tracing-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'tracing-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  tracing: Fix too large stack usage in do_one_initcall()
  tracing: handle broken names in ftrace filter
  ftrace: Unify effect of writing to trace_options and option/*

init/main.c

@@ -733,13 +733,14 @@ static void __init do_ctors(void)
 int initcall_debug;
 core_param(initcall_debug, initcall_debug, bool, 0644);
 
+static char msgbuf[64];
+static struct boot_trace_call call;
+static struct boot_trace_ret ret;
+
 int do_one_initcall(initcall_t fn)
 {
 	int count = preempt_count();
 	ktime_t calltime, delta, rettime;
-	char msgbuf[64];
-	struct boot_trace_call call;
-	struct boot_trace_ret ret;
 
 	if (initcall_debug) {
 		call.caller = task_pid_nr(current);

kernel/trace/ftrace.c

@@ -2278,7 +2278,11 @@ ftrace_regex_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
 	read++;
 	cnt--;
 
-	if (!(iter->flags & ~FTRACE_ITER_CONT)) {
+	/*
+	 * If the parser haven't finished with the last write,
+	 * continue reading the user input without skipping spaces.
+	 */
+	if (!(iter->flags & FTRACE_ITER_CONT)) {
 		/* skip white space */
 		while (cnt && isspace(ch)) {
 			ret = get_user(ch, ubuf++);
@@ -2288,8 +2292,9 @@ ftrace_regex_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
 			cnt--;
 		}
 
+		/* only spaces were written */
 		if (isspace(ch)) {
-			file->f_pos += read;
+			*ppos += read;
 			ret = read;
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -2319,12 +2324,12 @@ ftrace_regex_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
 		iter->buffer_idx = 0;
-	} else
+	} else {
 		iter->flags |= FTRACE_ITER_CONT;
+		iter->buffer[iter->buffer_idx++] = ch;
+	}
 
-
-	file->f_pos += read;
-
+	*ppos += read;
 	ret = read;
  out:
 	mutex_unlock(&ftrace_regex_lock);

kernel/trace/trace.c

@@ -3896,17 +3896,9 @@ trace_options_core_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	switch (val) {
-	case 0:
-		trace_flags &= ~(1 << index);
-		break;
-	case 1:
-		trace_flags |= 1 << index;
-		break;
-
-	default:
+	if (val != 0 && val != 1)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	}
+	set_tracer_flags(1 << index, val);
 
 	*ppos += cnt;