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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3.17-rc4 v2 0/2] trace: kdb: Bug fixes for ftdump
Is Jason Wessel still actively maintaining this?

I'd like an acked-by from the KDB maintainer before pulling this.

Thanks!

-- Steve


On Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:32:59 +0100
Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org> wrote:

> This patchset makes it possible to use kdb's ftdump command without
> panicing, crashing or livelocking.
>
> Changes since v1:
>
> * Fixed use-after-free problems in v1 by adding logic to NULL out
> buffer_iter during free operations.
>
> * Introduced a second patch to fix a live lock when trying to display
> an empty trace buffer.
>
>
> Daniel Thompson (2):
> trace: kdb: Fix kernel panic during ftdump
> trace: kdb: Fix kernel livelock with empty buffers
>
> kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c | 21 +++++++++++++--------
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 1.9.3



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