From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760025AbZATMFf (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:05:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754440AbZATMF0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:05:26 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:47381 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754189AbZATMFZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:05:25 -0500 Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:05:12 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Steven Rostedt Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Frederic Weisbecker Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] ftrace: updates to tip Message-ID: <20090120120512.GA7790@elte.hu> References: <20090120001542.687427797@goodmis.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090120001542.687427797@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, > > The one patch I did here, will need to go to stable as well. I'll write > up a patch against stable, and as soon as it gets into Linus's tree, > it should also be pulled into stable as well. Without the patch, some > archs will not be able to perform any tracing. There is an alignment > issue that will cause the ring buffer to fail to commit any transactions. > > -- Steve > > > The following patches are in: > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-trace.git > > branch: tip/devel > > > Lai Jiangshan (1): > trace_workqueue: use percpu data for workqueue stat > > Markus Metzger (6): > x86, ftrace, hw-branch-tracer: support hotplug cpus > x86, ftrace, hw-branch-tracer: dump trace on oops > x86, ftrace, hw-branch-tracer: reset trace buffer on close > x86, ftrace, hw-branch-tracer: change trace format > x86, ftrace, hw-branch-tracer: documentation > x86, ds, bts: cleanup DS configuration > > Steven Rostedt (1): > ring-buffer: fix alignment problem > > ---- > Documentation/ftrace.txt | 74 ++++++++++++++++ > arch/x86/kernel/ds.c | 31 ++++--- > arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c | 6 ++ > include/linux/ftrace.h | 13 +++ > kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 2 +- > kernel/trace/trace.h | 1 - > kernel/trace/trace_hw_branches.c | 173 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- > kernel/trace/trace_workqueue.c | 64 +++++++-------- > 8 files changed, 281 insertions(+), 83 deletions(-) Pulled into tip/tracing/ftrace, thanks Steve! Ingo