Re: [PATCH] Fix race in ring_buffer_consume(): Replace ring_buffer_consume and ring_buffer_peek with ring_buffer_get_event

[Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>]

On Fri, 2009-01-02 at 23:08 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Indan Zupancic <indan@nul.nu> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, December 29, 2008 13:24, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > >
> > > * Indan Zupancic <indan@nul.nu> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Original mail was mangled, patch resent via git.
> > >>
> > >> Signed-off-by: Indan Zupancic <indan@nul.nu>
> > >> ---
> > >>  include/linux/ring_buffer.h   |    4 +---
> > >>  kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c    |   39
> > >> ++++++++-------------------------------
> > >>  kernel/trace/trace.c          |   15 ++++++++-------
> > >>  kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c |    2 +-
> > >>  4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > there's been a number of updates here - could you please do a patch
> > > against tip/master:
> > >
> > >   http://people.redhat.com/mingo/tip.git/README
> > 
> > Thanks for that readme, now I discovered git remote, which is not
> > mentioned often enough for some reason.
> > 
> > A lot changed indeed, most importantly the race that I hit is
> > fixed in tip by improved locking. Replace ring_buffer_consume()
> > and ring_buffer_peek() with ring_buffer_get_event() or not is
> > just a matter of taste now. Are you still interested in such a
> > patch?
> 
> the code gets simpler and more readable, so why not? Steve, any 
> objections?

I'd like to look closer at this code on Monday.

Thanks,

-- Steve