Re: STABLE REQ: [PATCH v5 06/10] tracing: Fix subbuf resize races with trace_pipe_raw readers

From: Lee Jones

Date: Wed Sep 02 2026 - 06:14:07 EST


On Wed, 02 Sep 2026, Greg KH wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 02, 2026 at 09:27:17AM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Tue, 01 Sep 2026, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 1 Sep 2026 13:34:44 +0100
> > > Lee Jones <lee@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Could we have this applied to Stable please:
> > > >
> > > > 8a5f63637890 ("ring-buffer: Fix subbuf resize race with ring buffer readers")
> > >
> > > It's marked for stable so it should automatically be backported (if it
> >
> > Where was it marked for Stable?
>
> It has:
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> in the patch itself. It is in my queue to get to, along with over 1000+
> other patches that people decided to tag for stable and yet wait for the
> -rc1 merge window to get to Linus.

Am I losing the plot? The patch that I replied to [0] did not Cc:
Stable. If it had, I wouldn't have made the request.

From: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx, mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx,
linux-trace-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx, kernel-team@xxxxxxxxxxx,
linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [PATCH v5 06/10] tracing: Fix subbuf resize races with trace_pipe_raw readers

[...]

Fixes: bce761d75745 ("ring-buffer: Read and write to ring buffers with custom sub buffer size")
Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx>

> It will get there eventually...

This wasn't an urgent request or a request to expedite. Take your time.

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260813131152.3589632-7-vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx/

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Lee Jones