Re: [PATCH 0/2] zram: writeback fixes

From: Sergey Senozhatsky

Date: Mon May 25 2026 - 22:37:36 EST


On (26/05/25 14:31), Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Brian reported several issues with zram's writeback implementation.
> > This small series addresses those issues.
>
> I hate to go all bureaucratic, but there's quite a lot missing here,
> and it's rather important, to some. It's all about taking care of
> people who are using kernels prior to 7.2 (or 7.1).

Sorry, Andrew, it was just me being lazy.

> - Link: to Brian's reports?
>
> - Description of user-visible runtime effects of the bugs?
>
> - Fixes: targets?
>
> - Decision on whether we should backport the fixes into earlier kernels?

I updated commit messages and sent out v2. The reports are private,
so on public links. Both issues are low risk.

[..]

> Also, AI review didn't find anything to complain about with these
> changes, but it might have found a pre-existing issue:
>
> https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260525044639.1888561-1-senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Correct, a pre-existing issue (first appeared in v6.19), we fix it in this
series. The theoretical data leak issue first appeared in v7.0.