On Thu, Dec 06, 2012 at 04:41:55PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Thu, 2012-12-06 at 12:13 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 11:16:43AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > > The function rb_set_head_page() searches the list of ring buffer > > > pages for a the page that has the HEAD page flag set. If it does > > > not find it, it will do a WARN_ON(), disable the ring buffer and > > > return NULL, as this should never happen. > > > > > > But if this bug happens to happen, not all callers of this function > > > can handle a NULL pointer being returned from it. That needs to be > > > fixed. > > > > > > Cc: [email protected] # 3.0+ > > > Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]> > > > --- > > > kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 9 +++++++-- > > > 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > I don't understand why you sent these to stable@ right now, I don't see > > them in Linus's tree, so why are they needed here? > > Answer below. > > > > > Care to resend them when they hit Linus's tree? > > I'll try to remember, but I will most likely forget :-) > > I wrote the patches for each stable version while they were still fresh > in my mind. I posted them so they would be there when they get into > mainline and be easier to port for stable. By the time they are in > mainline, they will be completely out of my mind :-)
Ok, if they are that important, consider them forgotten from my mind as well :) greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
