1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index ba14a22be4cc..9ec59f541156 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -3463,6 +3463,7 @@ tracing_mark_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
                                         size_t cnt, loff_t *fpos)
 {
         char *buf;
+        size_t written;
 
         if (tracing_disabled)
                 return -EINVAL;
@@ -3484,11 +3485,15 @@ tracing_mark_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
         } else
                 buf[cnt] = '\0';
 
-        cnt = mark_printk("%s", buf);
+        written = mark_printk("%s", buf);
         kfree(buf);
-        *fpos += cnt;
+        *fpos += written;
 
-        return cnt;
+        /* don't tell userspace we wrote more - it might confuse them */
+        if (written > cnt)
+                written = cnt;
+
+        return written;
 }
 
 static int tracing_clock_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)