Re: [GIT PULL] ring-buffer: Fix infinite spin in reading buffer

From: Chuck Ebbert
Date: Tue Oct 07 2014 - 22:40:24 EST


On Sun, 5 Oct 2014 16:49:43 -0700
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> 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.
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