linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] ftrace: fixes for tip

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Date:	Wed, 3 Dec 2008 17:15:34 +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>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] ftrace: fixes for tip


* Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:

> Ingo,
> 
> These two patches are fixes. The first cleans up the stack_trace
> output to print 0's for the return_to_handler function.
> 
> The second is the nasty race we have been hitting. My patches must
> have made the race window bigger for you since the bug was there
> before. It is a nasty race in the fork code. More info in the change log
> of that patch.
> 
> The following patches are in:
> 
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-trace.git
> 
>     branch: tip/devel
> 
> 
> Steven Rostedt (2):
>       trace: fix output of stack trace
>       ftrace: fix race in function graph during fork
> 
> ----
>  kernel/fork.c              |    9 ++++++---
>  kernel/trace/trace_stack.c |    5 ++++-
>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

pulled, thanks Steve! I think this should explain the crash i was seeing.

	Ingo
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