Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:54:10 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [stable] [PATCH for stable] tracing: Consolidate protection of reader access to the ring buffer |
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On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 09:36:44AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 06:28 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 09:23:03AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > > Greg, > > > > > > Johannes has been hitting a bug in 2.6.33 that we believe is fixed with > > > the following patch. The bug is hit a few times a week, so it is hard to > > > verify. But we are only hitting it with .33 and not .34, and this patch > > > looks like it would be the one to fix it. > > > > > > Can you apply this patch to the 2.6.33 stable series. > > > > If you are ok with it, I'll apply it as it does look a little "big" for > > a stable kernel :) > > Yeah, I usually would not ask for a patch this size to go into stable, > but it has been in mainline for a while, and seems to be the fix for a > bug we are hitting in .33.
Ok, all queued up now.
greg k-h
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