From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" The filter file in the ftrace internal events, like in /sys/kernel/tracing/events/ftrace/function/filter is not attached to any functionality. Do not create them as they are meaningless. In the future, if an ftrace internal event gets filter functionality, then it will need to create it directly. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) --- kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c index 5b647904a65b..14ff4ff3caab 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c @@ -2007,16 +2007,18 @@ event_create_dir(struct dentry *parent, struct trace_event_file *file) return -1; } } - trace_create_file("filter", 0644, file->dir, file, - &ftrace_event_filter_fops); /* * Only event directories that can be enabled should have - * triggers. + * triggers or filters. */ - if (!(call->flags & TRACE_EVENT_FL_IGNORE_ENABLE)) + if (!(call->flags & TRACE_EVENT_FL_IGNORE_ENABLE)) { + trace_create_file("filter", 0644, file->dir, file, + &ftrace_event_filter_fops); + trace_create_file("trigger", 0644, file->dir, file, &event_trigger_fops); + } #ifdef CONFIG_HIST_TRIGGERS trace_create_file("hist", 0444, file->dir, file, -- 2.17.0