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

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Date:	Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:46:53 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] ring-buffer: updates for 2.6.28


* Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> 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@...nel.org, 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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