linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH stable] ftrace document crucial update

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Date:	Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:53:44 -0700
From:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, stable@...nel.org,
	greg@...ah.com, Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH stable] ftrace document crucial update

* Steven Rostedt (rostedt@...dmis.org) wrote:
> 
> It has come to my attention that ftrace.txt was pulled into 2.6.26 
> prematurely. That is Linus pulled it in before it was well tested. A 
> series of updates were made to it shortly afterward, but by then it was 
> too late. The release was out, and ftrace.txt was greatly inadequate.
> 
> This patch is a sum of all the critical updates to keep ftrace.txt in a 
> stable state. I strongly urge the stable team to get this into 2.6.26.1.
> Otherwise people may be greatly disappointed while reading ftrace.txt just 
> to realize that it is horribly out of date.
> 
> Never mind that ftrace itself doesn't exist is 2.6.26.

.txt only patch is quite low-risk, but given the above, is it really that
critical?

thanks,
-chris
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