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

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On Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 09:40:11PM -0500, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> 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.

I do that as well, but I don't advertise it as much, as it's easier for
me with the cc: stable marking :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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