Re: [PATCH hotfix 6.12 0/8] fix error handling in mmap_region() and refactor

[Andrew Morton]

On Wed, 23 Oct 2024 03:22:36 -0700 Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 21:40:51 +0100 Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > After this we go further, refactoring the code, placing it in mm/vma.c in
> > order to make it eventually userland testable, and significantly
> > simplifying the logic to avoid this issue arising in future.
> 
> I'm not sure that patches 4-8 are strictly 6.12 material.  What's the
> thinking here?
> 

A downside to merging all 8 patches into 6.12-rcX is that when -stable
takes patches 1-4, they will have had negligible testing without the
presence of patches 5-8.  Patches 5-8 might accidentally fix
something..