Re: Policy regarding linux-next only changes

[Theodore Tso]

On Wed, Jul 29, 2026 at 08:46:16AM -0500, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> > 
> > i.e. I was wondering whether the system could ignore the "WARNING:"s
> > (and avoid the kernel panicking on them etc.) until after boot, i.e.
> > when the fuzzing starts.

It could, but it would involve making a change in syzbot.
Specifically, syzbot would have to be changed to boot the kernel being
tested without the kernel.panic_on_warn=1 boot command line function,
and then in the syzbot reproducer, to add the moral equivalent of

   echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/panic_on_warn

> Commit 860e748bddcc ("drm: ensure blend mode supported if pixel format
> with alpha exposed") must be reverted or updated not to emit "WARNING:" string.
> Until authors of that commit respond, that commit had better be excluded from
> the linux-next tree.

There appears to be a fix which has been reviewed; I found it by
searching lore.kernel.org for the string "drm: ensure blend mode":

https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAPM=9txcOcnnxznq41z8+FA_V2BCqmRKFZBOt0oEhcHbBs8Fsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

       		       	       	       - Ted