linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.18 037/131] ftrace: Add missing check for existing hwlat thread

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Message-ID: <20180904124356.4a2f3dbc@gandalf.local.home>
Date:   Tue, 4 Sep 2018 12:43:56 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Sasha Levin <Alexander.Levin@...rosoft.com>
Cc:     "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Erica Bugden <erica.bugden@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.18 037/131] ftrace: Add missing check for
 existing hwlat thread

On Sun, 2 Sep 2018 13:03:43 +0000
Sasha Levin <Alexander.Levin@...rosoft.com> wrote:

> [
>  Note, this only fixes the symptom. The real fix was not to call
>  this function when tracing_on was already one. But this still makes
>  the code more robust, so we'll add it.
> ]

This patch really didn't need to be backported (which is why I didn't
mark it for stable), because the real fix was backported.

-- Steve