Re: [REGRESSION] Linux kernel 6.12.75 fails to compile with -Werror=implicit-function-declaration

[Sasha Levin]

On Thu, Mar 05, 2026 at 11:06:06PM +0100, Peter Schneider wrote:
> This gives me some vibes of "It compiles, so let's ship it", which is 
> a questionable level of QA you might expect from some (shady) 
> commercial companies, but I think the Linux community should (and 
> can!) do better.

I really want to highlight this part.

There are no IMA tests I'm aware of (outside of builds with CONFIG_IMA=y).

For that matter, we only see a minority of subsystems actually testing stable
releases.

This is something we've been working to improve for a while, but we're quite
far from that goal.

Sadly your vibes are somewhat grounded in reality.

> Sorry if that sounds too harsh. I don't mean it in a harsh way, but 
> only as constructive criticism. I know Greg and you have an extremely 
> complex job with maintaining the stable branches, and normally all 
> works very well and smooth, because both of you are doing a hell of an 
> excellent job! But on occasion when a release was bumpy like this one, 
> we should look back and ask why, and what could have done better, and 
> how we can improve in the future.

This is not, and I appreciate the feedback. Thank you.

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Thanks,
Sasha