Re: [PATCH v1] trace: Fix race in trace_open and buffer resize call

[Greg KH]

On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 03:27:25PM +0530, Gaurav Kohli wrote:
> 
> 
> On 1/24/2021 8:51 AM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > On Sat, 23 Jan 2021 22:03:27 +0530
> > Gaurav Kohli <gkohli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > > Sure I will do, I have never posted on backport branches. Let me check
> > > and post it.
> > > 
> > 
> > Basically you take your original patch that was in mainline (as the
> > subject and commit message), and make it work as if you were doing the
> > same exact fix for the stable release.
> > 
> > Send it to me (and Cc everyone else), and I'll give it a test too.
> 
> Thanks for the guidance.
> Just sent and tested it for 5.4 kernel, please review it once.

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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read:
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.

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