Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] mm: fix off-by-one error in VMA count limit checks

[Jonathan Corbet]

Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:36:32 -0700 Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
>
> lol.
>
> x1:/usr/src/25> grep "Fixes.*1da177e4c3f4" ../gitlog|wc -l
> 661
>
> we really blew it that time!

A few years back I made a list of the most-fixed commits in the kernel
history; unsurprisingly that one (I call it the "original sin") came out
on top:

  https://lwn.net/Articles/914632/

Perhaps the time has come to update that analysis.

jon