On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 11:31:36AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Tue, 18 Mar 2014 11:27:37 -0400 > Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > The TP_printk() should never dereference any pointers, because the ring > > buffer can be read at some unknown time in the future. If a device no > > longer exists, it can cause a kernel oops. This also makes this > > event useless when saving the ring buffer in userspaces tools such as > > perf and trace-cmd. > > > > The i915_gem_evict_vm dereferences the vm pointer which may also not > > exist when the ring buffer is read sometime in the future. > > > > Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1395095198-20034-3-git-send-email-artagnon@xxxxxxxxx > > Reported-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: > > stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 3.13+ > > Bah, claw's mail is playing havoc with my line wraps. Please fix the > above when applying, or I can send anothe patch. Thanks :-) > > I had to re-insert the patch due to it but didn't see the screw up with > the Cc of stable. Patch applied and cc: stable fixed, thanks. -Daniel -- Daniel Vetter Software Engineer, Intel Corporation +41 (0) 79 365 57 48 - http://blog.ffwll.ch -- 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