Re: [PATCH for stable] tracing: Consolidate protection of readeraccess to the ring buffer

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 09:23:03AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> Greg,
> 
> Johannes has been hitting a bug in 2.6.33 that we believe is fixed with
> the following patch. The bug is hit a few times a week, so it is hard to
> verify. But we are only hitting it with .33 and not .34, and this patch
> looks like it would be the one to fix it.
> 
> Can you apply this patch to the 2.6.33 stable series.

If you are ok with it, I'll apply it as it does look a little "big" for
a stable kernel :)

I'll queue it up later today.

thanks,

greg k-h
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