linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] ring-buffer: Fix infinite spin in reading buffer

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Message-ID: <20141007214011.158a7b2e@as>
Date:	Tue, 7 Oct 2014 21:40:11 -0500
From:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert.lkml@...il.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] ring-buffer: Fix infinite spin in reading buffer

On Sun, 5 Oct 2014 16:49:43 -0700
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 04:20:43PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:

...

> >     Fixes: 651e22f2701b "ring-buffer: Always reset iterator to reader page"
> >     Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> 
> Next time, please also add a Cc: stable...  here so that my tools pick
> it up automatically.
> 

Can you add "Fixes:" to the list of keywords your tools pick up, and
determine if the patch is needed in -stable by looking at the commit ID
that's being fixed? Some authors might not remember if the thing being
fixed has made it into an older release via -stable.
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