linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dynamic debug: line queries failing due to uninitialized local variable

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Date:	Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:41:36 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	jbaron@...mai.com
Cc:	joe@...ches.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dynamic debug: line queries failing due to uninitialized
 local variable

On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 04:50:03PM +0000, jbaron@...mai.com wrote:
> Settings of the form, 'line x module y +p', can fail arbitrarily due to an
> uninitialized local variable. With this patch results are consistent, as
> expected.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@...mai.com>
> ---
>  lib/dynamic_debug.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

How far back should this patch go for older kernels?  Is this a bug that
people are hitting today and causing problems, or is it only a 3.11-rc
issue?

thanks,

greg k-h
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