Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mm/ksm: Fix incorrect KSM counter handling in mm_struct during fork

[Sasha Levin]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 09:41:17PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:33:09 -0400 Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 04:42:48PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > >I think the most important use for Fixes: is to tell the -stable
> > >maintainers which kernel version(s) we believe should receive the
> > >patch.  So listing multiple Fixes: targets just causes confusion.
> >
> > Right - there's no way of communicating if all the commits listed in multiple
> > Fixes tags should exist in the tree, or any one of them, for the new fix to be
> > applicable.
>
> So what should we do in this situation?

For us, ideally point to the oldest commit fixed by the new commit with a
Fixes: tag, and then a note along with the stable tag if this is a more complex
scenario that we need to consider.

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Thanks,
Sasha