linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] trace-view: Handle unknown events more gracefully

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Date:	Fri, 12 Nov 2010 06:55:26 -0500
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@....de>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-trace-users@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] trace-view: Handle unknown events more gracefully

On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 09:04 +0100, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> Am 14.10.2010 21:23, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> > Kernel 2.6.35.7 generates invalid trace files due to
> > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/scsi/scsi_dispatch_cmd_timeout/format
> > returning "FORMAT TOO BIG" (seems to be fixed in 2.6.36). This makes
> > pevent_data_event_from_type return NULL, and dereferencing of event
> > crashes the viewer.
> > 
> > Catch and report the error properly.
> 
> Ping...

Thanks! I just had 3 conferences in the last month and that put me way
behind in my email. I still have 1001 unread messages :-(

I'll pull this in today.

-- Steve


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