From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752731Ab3H0RjT (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Aug 2013 13:39:19 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:38734 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751700Ab3H0RjS (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Aug 2013 13:39:18 -0400 Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:41:36 -0700 From: Greg KH 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 Message-ID: <20130827174136.GG21564@kroah.com> References: <20130827165003.79F28FE066@prod-mail-relay02.akamai.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130827165003.79F28FE066@prod-mail-relay02.akamai.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 > --- > 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