linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL v2] tracing: A couple of minor fixes

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Date:   Mon, 21 Oct 2019 16:34:36 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Zhengjun Xing <zhengjun.xing@...ux.intel.com>,
        Prateek Sood <prsood@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL v2] tracing: A couple of minor fixes

On Mon, 21 Oct 2019 16:30:14 -0400
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 3:19 PM Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> >
> > Two minor fixes:
> >
> >  - A race in perf trace initialization (missing mutexes)  
> 
> Are you sure you fixed the crud?
> 
> That commit still has a very odd commit message with an oops and
> ramdump at the top, before the explanation.
> 

I can clean it up some more. I just deleted from the original:

"Could you please confirm:
1) the race mentioned below exists or not.
2) if following patch fixes it.

>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8>8  "

That was in it.

These are minor fixes, so there's no rush. I'll look at it tonight and
see if I can make the change log a little nicer.

-- Steve