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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: jbaron@akamai.com
Cc: joe@perches.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dynamic debug: line queries failing due to uninitialized local variable
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:41:36 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130827174136.GG21564@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130827165003.79F28FE066@prod-mail-relay02.akamai.com>

On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 04:50:03PM +0000, jbaron@akamai.com wrote:
> Settings of the form, 'line x module y +p', can fail arbitrarily due to an
> uninitialized local variable. With this patch results are consistent, as
> expected.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com>
> ---
>  lib/dynamic_debug.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

How far back should this patch go for older kernels?  Is this a bug that
people are hitting today and causing problems, or is it only a 3.11-rc
issue?

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2013-08-27 17:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-08-27 16:50 [PATCH] dynamic debug: line queries failing due to uninitialized local variable jbaron
2013-08-27 17:41 ` Greg KH [this message]
2013-08-28 14:53   ` Jason Baron

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