[PATCH v3 0/2] ring_buffer: Make the benchmark slightly more safe

These two patches fix potential races in the ring buffer benchmark. The first two versions were reviewed as part of the patchset that tried to convert some kthreads into the kthread worker API, see http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.api/13224/focus=13821 Changes in v3: + fixed several

[PATCH v3 0/2] ring_buffer: Make the benchmark slightly more safe

These two patches fix potential races in the ring buffer benchmark. The first two versions were reviewed as part of the patchset that tried to convert some kthreads into the kthread worker API, see http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.api/13224/focus=13821 Changes in v3: + fixed several