Re: STABLE REQ: [PATCH v5 06/10] tracing: Fix subbuf resize races with trace_pipe_raw readers
From: Lee Jones
Date: Thu Sep 03 2026 - 05:08:50 EST
On Wed, 02 Sep 2026, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Sep 2026 17:22:46 +0100
> Lee Jones <lee@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > So what happens when you receive the FAILED message?
> >
> > And why are you interested to know how far back a fix can be backported?
> >
> > Personally, I'm _very_ interested in a _small_ number of patches, but
> > none of which usually emanate from subsystems I maintain.
>
> I'm interested because they only get backported to kernels that are
> maintained for some reason. And since these are in my subsystem, I do like
> to know that my code works for all supported kernel releases. ;-)
Well that's unusually conscientious of you. I like it. =:-)
NB: Not that _you_ are unconscientious - I was referring to the rest of us!
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Lee Jones