[PATCH v2] selftests/ftrace: Add missing spaces after ! in probe syntax tests

From: Jaewon Jung

Date: Tue Oct 27 2026 - 21:20:13 EST


Add the missing space between ! and grep. Otherwise, the shell tries
to run !grep and reports "!grep: not found". This always skips the
conditional checks without checking for kernel return probe argument
support.

Fixes: 25f00e40ce79 ("tracing/probes: Support $argN in return probe (kprobe and fprobe)")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jaewon Jung <jaewon8868@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Add Fixes, Cc stable and Acked-by tags as suggested by Masami.

.../selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/fprobe_syntax_errors.tc | 4 ++--
.../selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_syntax_errors.tc | 2 +-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/fprobe_syntax_errors.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/fprobe_syntax_errors.tc
index 384209968325..70751573e8de 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/fprobe_syntax_errors.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/fprobe_syntax_errors.tc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ check_error 'f vfs_read ^$stack10000' # BAD_STACK_NUM

check_error 'f vfs_read ^$arg10000' # BAD_ARG_NUM

-if !grep -q 'kernel return probes support:' README; then
+if ! grep -q 'kernel return probes support:' README; then
check_error 'f vfs_read $retval ^$arg1' # BAD_VAR
fi
check_error 'f vfs_read ^$none_var' # BAD_VAR
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ if grep -q "<argname>" README; then
check_error 'f vfs_read args=^$arg*' # BAD_VAR_ARGS
check_error 'f vfs_read +0(^$arg*)' # BAD_VAR_ARGS
check_error 'f vfs_read $arg* ^$arg*' # DOUBLE_ARGS
-if !grep -q 'kernel return probes support:' README; then
+if ! grep -q 'kernel return probes support:' README; then
check_error 'f vfs_read%return ^$arg*' # NOFENTRY_ARGS
fi
check_error 'f vfs_read ^hoge' # NO_BTFARG
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_syntax_errors.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_syntax_errors.tc
index b0e6b80ccb01..06efa67e01ff 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_syntax_errors.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_syntax_errors.tc
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ if grep -q "<argname>" README; then
check_error 'p vfs_read args=^$arg*' # BAD_VAR_ARGS
check_error 'p vfs_read +0(^$arg*)' # BAD_VAR_ARGS
check_error 'p vfs_read $arg* ^$arg*' # DOUBLE_ARGS
-if !grep -q 'kernel return probes support:' README; then
+if ! grep -q 'kernel return probes support:' README; then
check_error 'r vfs_read ^$arg*' # NOFENTRY_ARGS
fi
check_error 'p vfs_read+20 ^$arg*' # NOFENTRY_ARGS
--
2.43.0