Re: [PATCH RFC 0/7] proc: move procfs to what kernfs does

From: Takashi Iwai

Date: Thu Nov 05 2026 - 06:20:12 EST


On Thu, 05 Nov 2026 11:28:56 +0100,
Christian Brauner wrote:
>
> On Wed, 04 Nov 2026 22:23:51 +0000, Josef Bacik wrote:
> > - snd_info_text_entry_write() allocates the larger buffer and frees the
> > old one without copying what's in it, so a text entry written in
> > pieces loses the start once it crosses a page. It's been like that
> > since ffb73b08e794.
>
> Yay, more bugfixes... You share the blame for more mail traffic now.

Indeed it's a real bug (regression by the commit). Also your fixes
for old issues should be taken sooner. Would it make sense to pick up
those for 7.4-rc, then rebase your rest series for 7.5?


thanks,

Takashi