Re: [PATCH v3] ring-buffer: Do not check si_mem_available() before deferred init completes

[Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>]

On Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:18:10 +0100
Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com> wrote:

> > 
> > Fixes: 2a872fa4e9c8 ("ring-buffer: Check if memory is available before allocation")
> > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> > Reported-by: Michal Suchánek <msuchanek@suse.de>
> > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/arYskzbiaNzBR9MD@kunlun.suse.cz/
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/arYskzbiaNzBR9MD@kunlun.suse.cz/
> > Signed-off-by: Amit Machhiwal <amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>  
> 
> It is usually good practice to not use in-reply-to to link the series between
> each other.

Correct, the best thing to do is add a link to v2 below:

> 
> > ---
> > Changes since v2:

As in:

  Changes since v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261016134247.70722-1-amachhiw@linux.ibm.com/

As versions in threads of previous versions gets messing and confusing. And
in most cases, just dropped entirely.

> >  - Rebase on top of upstream ring_buffer.c changes from Vincent Donnefort;
> >    update threshold to i < (nr_pages << subbuf_order). (Michal Suchánek)
> > 

-- Steve