On Mon, 2013-03-18 at 13:48 +0100, Stephane Eranian wrote: > if (!rb->writable) > - return true; > + return false;
writable means user writable (VM_WRITE); the difference is that a !VM_WRITE buffer will simply over-write its own tail whereas a VM_WRITE buffer will drop events. So returning true for !VM_WRITE makes sense, there's always space. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/