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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert.lkml@gmail.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] ring-buffer: Fix infinite spin in reading buffer
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 21:46:36 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141008044636.GB26820@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141007214011.158a7b2e@as>

On Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 09:40:11PM -0500, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Oct 2014 16:49:43 -0700
> Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 04:20:43PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
> > >     Fixes: 651e22f2701b "ring-buffer: Always reset iterator to reader page"
> > >     Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> > 
> > Next time, please also add a Cc: stable...  here so that my tools pick
> > it up automatically.
> > 
> 
> Can you add "Fixes:" to the list of keywords your tools pick up, and
> determine if the patch is needed in -stable by looking at the commit ID
> that's being fixed? Some authors might not remember if the thing being
> fixed has made it into an older release via -stable.

I do that as well, but I don't advertise it as much, as it's easier for
me with the cc: stable marking :)

thanks,

greg k-h

      reply	other threads:[~2014-10-08  4:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-10-03 20:20 [GIT PULL] ring-buffer: Fix infinite spin in reading buffer Steven Rostedt
2014-10-05 23:49 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2014-10-08  2:23   ` Steven Rostedt
2014-10-08  2:40   ` Chuck Ebbert
2014-10-08  4:46     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]

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