From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751882AbYLWRrZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:47:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751065AbYLWRrR (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:47:17 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:43067 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750955AbYLWRrQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:47:16 -0500 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:46:53 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Steven Rostedt Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] ring-buffer: updates for 2.6.28 Message-ID: <20081223174653.GA21738@elte.hu> References: <20081223163223.625941559@goodmis.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081223163223.625941559@goodmis.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Steven Rostedt wrote: > Ingo, > > These two patches should go to 2.6.28. They are fixes to the ring buffer > for bugs that will make the ring buffer stop reading, and/or produce a > false positive. > > If these are too late for 2.6.28, then we probably should get them at > least to the stable branch and queued for 2.6.28.1. yes, they are too late - the .28 release is tomorrow. > Steven Rostedt (2): > ring-buffer: fix dangling commit race > ring-buffer: prevent false positive warning > > ---- > kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++-- > 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) pulled into tip/tracing/ring-buffer. I also marked them Cc: stable@kernel.org, so they will be picked up for .28.1. (they apply cleanly to both the latest tracing tree and latest mainline as well) Ingo