4 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 0fa59acfea17..45551c7b4c36 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -5646,7 +5646,7 @@ static const char readme_msg[] =
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIST_TRIGGERS
 	"\t           s:[synthetic/]<event> <field> [<field>]\n"
 #endif
-	"\t           e[:[<group>/][<event>]] <attached-group>.<attached-event> [<args>]\n"
+	"\t           e[:[<group>/][<event>]] <attached-group>.<attached-event> [<args>] [if <filter>]\n"
 	"\t           -:[<group>/][<event>]\n"
 #ifdef CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENTS
 	"\t    place: [<module>:]<symbol>[+<offset>]|<memaddr>\n"
@@ -5663,7 +5663,7 @@ static const char readme_msg[] =
 	"\t           $stack<index>, $stack, $retval, $comm,\n"
 #endif
 	"\t           +|-[u]<offset>(<fetcharg>), \\imm-value, \\\"imm-string\"\n"
-	"\t     type: s8/16/32/64, u8/16/32/64, x8/16/32/64, string, symbol,\n"
+	"\t     type: s8/16/32/64, u8/16/32/64, x8/16/32/64, char, string, symbol,\n"
 	"\t           b<bit-width>@<bit-offset>/<container-size>, ustring,\n"
 	"\t           symstr, <type>\\[<array-size>\\]\n"
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIST_TRIGGERS
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c
index 352b65e2b910..594ac1d086aa 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c
@@ -923,17 +923,13 @@ static int trace_eprobe_parse_filter(struct trace_eprobe *ep, int argc, const ch
 
 	p = ep->filter_str;
 	for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
-		ret = snprintf(p, len, "%s ", argv[i]);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			goto error;
-		if (ret > len) {
-			ret = -E2BIG;
-			goto error;
-		}
+		if (i)
+			ret = snprintf(p, len, " %s", argv[i]);
+		else
+			ret = snprintf(p, len, "%s", argv[i]);
 		p += ret;
 		len -= ret;
 	}
-	p[-1] = '\0';
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure the filter string can be parsed correctly. Note, this
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
index 01ebabbbe8c9..11008c098727 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x8,  u8,  "0x%x")
 DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x16, u16, "0x%x")
 DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x32, u32, "0x%x")
 DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x64, u64, "0x%Lx")
+DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(char, u8, "'%c'")
 
 int PRINT_TYPE_FUNC_NAME(symbol)(struct trace_seq *s, void *data, void *ent)
 {
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ static const struct fetch_type probe_fetch_types[] = {
 	ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(x16, u16, u16, 0),
 	ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(x32, u32, u32, 0),
 	ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(x64, u64, u64, 0),
+	ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(char, u8, u8,  0),
 	ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(symbol, ADDR_FETCH_TYPE, ADDR_FETCH_TYPE, 0),
 
 	ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_END
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
index 23acfd1c3812..b4f99553411e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x16);
 DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x32);
 DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x64);
 
+DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(char);
 DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(string);
 DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(symbol);