[PATCH 1/5] ring-buffer: Mask out the info bits when returning buffer page length

2017-12-27 Thread Steven Rostedt
From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" Two info bits were added to the "commit" part of the ring buffer data page when returned to be consumed. This was to inform the user space readers that events have been missed, and that the count may be stored at the end of the page. What

[PATCH 1/5] ring-buffer: Mask out the info bits when returning buffer page length

2017-12-27 Thread Steven Rostedt
From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" Two info bits were added to the "commit" part of the ring buffer data page when returned to be consumed. This was to inform the user space readers that events have been missed, and that the count may be stored at the end of the page. What wasn't handled, was the