linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf_events: fix transaction recovery in group_sched

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Date:	Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:39:47 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, paulus@...ba.org,
	davem@...emloft.net, fweisbec@...il.com,
	perfmon2-devel@...ts.sf.net, eranian@...il.com,
	robert.richter@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf_events: fix transaction recovery in
 group_sched_in()

On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 19:34 +0200, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> 
> > Yes, makes sense.. I'm a bit hesitant to slap a -stable tag on it due to
> > its size,.. Ingo, Paulus?
> >
> I was worried about the size too but I could not figure out another
> smaller way of doing this. An alternative would be to pass an
> extra argument to the function and call it twice. 

I think the current approach is fine, just being paranoid about
unintentional breakage..

I guess we should cook it a while before offering it to -stable.

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