This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled tracing: Make TRACE_ITER_STOP_ON_FREE stop the correct buffer to the 3.10-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: tracing-make-trace_iter_stop_on_free-stop-the-correct-buffer.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.10 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 711e124379e0f889e40e2f01d7f5d61936d3cd23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Z Lam <azl@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 18:36:15 -0700 Subject: tracing: Make TRACE_ITER_STOP_ON_FREE stop the correct buffer From: Alexander Z Lam <azl@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 711e124379e0f889e40e2f01d7f5d61936d3cd23 upstream. Releasing the free_buffer file in an instance causes the global buffer to be stopped when TRACE_ITER_STOP_ON_FREE is enabled. Operate on the correct buffer. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1375493777-17261-1-git-send-email-azl@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Alexander Z Lam <azl@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vaibhav Nagarnaik <vnagarnaik@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Sharp <dhsharp@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexander Z Lam <lambchop468@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/trace.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -4438,7 +4438,7 @@ tracing_free_buffer_release(struct inode /* disable tracing ? */ if (trace_flags & TRACE_ITER_STOP_ON_FREE) - tracing_off(); + tracer_tracing_off(tr); /* resize the ring buffer to 0 */ tracing_resize_ring_buffer(tr, 0, RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from azl@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-3.10/tracing-make-trace_iter_stop_on_free-stop-the-correct-buffer.patch queue-3.10/tracing-fix-reset-of-time-stamps-during-trace_clock-changes.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html