Re: [PATCH] ftrace: fix setting of pos in read_pipe

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Wed Apr 23 2008 - 05:58:42 EST



* Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In resetting the iterator in read_pipe, the reset of pos was
> postitioned in the wrong location with respect to the memset
> operation. The current code sets pos, incorrectly, to zero.

applied - but what is missing from your changelog is effects of this
bug. When testers check lkml they might be interested in that
information. Is the result of this bug an incorrect trace_pipe output?
(double entries, or missed entries?)

Ingo
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