Re: [PATCH 0/2] ring-buffer: updates for 2.6.28

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Dec 23 2008 - 12:47:45 EST



* Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxx, so they will be picked up for .28.1. (they apply
cleanly to both the latest tracing tree and latest mainline as well)

Ingo
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