te(fd, "", 1) = 0 write(fd, "", 1) = 0 write(fd, "", 1) = 0 write(fd, "", 1) = 0 write(fd, "", 1) = 0 write(fd, "", 1) = 0 (...) ...and kernel trace buffer full of empty markers. Fix it by sanitizing write return value. Signed-off-by: Marcin Slusarz LKML-Reference: <20100727231801.GB2826@joi.lan> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt