linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][GIT PULL][3.9] tracing: Fix free of probe entry by calling call_rcu

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Message-ID: <20130314071309.GA7869@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:13:09 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][GIT PULL][3.9] tracing: Fix free of probe entry by
 calling call_rcu_sched()


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

> Ingo,
> 
> While testing my new code I stumbled upon this bug. This is a real
> bug and has been in the kernel forever. Luckily, it's in a feature
> that is seldom used. But it can cause a crash if the race is hit.
> 
> I based this off of my last pull request of tip/perf/urgent.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- Steve
> 
> 
> Please pull the latest tip/perf/urgent-2 tree, which can be found at:
> 
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace.git
> tip/perf/urgent-2
> 
> Head SHA1: 740466bc89ad8bd5afcc8de220f715f62b21e365
> 
> 
> Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) (1):
>       tracing: Fix free of probe entry by calling call_rcu_sched()
> 
> ----
>  kernel/trace/ftrace.c |    4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Pulled, thanks Steve!

	Ingo
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