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From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To:     Sasha Levin <Alexander.Levin@microsoft.com>
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On Sun, 2 Sep 2018 13:03:43 +0000
Sasha Levin <Alexander.Levin@microsoft.com> wrote:

> [
>  Note, this only fixes the symptom. The real fix was not to call
>  this function when tracing_on was already one. But this still makes
>  the code more robust, so we'll add it.
> ]

This patch really didn't need to be backported (which is why I didn't
mark it for stable), because the real fix was backported.

-- Steve