Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 7 Oct 2014 21:46:36 -0700 | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PULL] ring-buffer: Fix infinite spin in reading buffer |
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On Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 09:40:11PM -0500, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > On Sun, 5 Oct 2014 16:49:43 -0700 > Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 04:20:43PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > ... > > > > Fixes: 651e22f2701b "ring-buffer: Always reset iterator to reader page" > > > Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> > > > > Next time, please also add a Cc: stable... here so that my tools pick > > it up automatically. > > > > Can you add "Fixes:" to the list of keywords your tools pick up, and > determine if the patch is needed in -stable by looking at the commit ID > that's being fixed? Some authors might not remember if the thing being > fixed has made it into an older release via -stable.
I do that as well, but I don't advertise it as much, as it's easier for me with the cc: stable marking :)
thanks,
greg k-h
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