From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@google.com>
Cc: minchan@kernel.org, lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com, david@redhat.com,
Liam.Howlett@oracle.com, rppt@kernel.org, pfalcato@suse.de,
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linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] mm: fix off-by-one error in VMA count limit checks
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 08:20:14 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87v7lifpi9.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250915153642.7f46974a536a3af635f49a89@linux-foundation.org>
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> writes:
> On Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:36:32 -0700 Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@google.com> wrote:
>
>> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
>
> lol.
>
> x1:/usr/src/25> grep "Fixes.*1da177e4c3f4" ../gitlog|wc -l
> 661
>
> we really blew it that time!
A few years back I made a list of the most-fixed commits in the kernel
history; unsurprisingly that one (I call it the "original sin") came out
on top:
https://lwn.net/Articles/914632/
Perhaps the time has come to update that analysis.
jon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-16 14:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 68+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-15 16:36 [PATCH v2 0/7] vma count: fixes, test and improvements Kalesh Singh
2025-09-15 16:36 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] mm: fix off-by-one error in VMA count limit checks Kalesh Singh
2025-09-15 22:36 ` Andrew Morton
2025-09-16 14:20 ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]
2025-09-17 1:16 ` Andrew Morton
2025-09-16 9:45 ` Pedro Falcato
2025-09-17 7:44 ` SeongJae Park
2025-09-17 10:52 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-09-18 11:31 ` Pedro Falcato
2025-09-18 13:53 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-09-15 16:36 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] mm/selftests: add max_vma_count tests Kalesh Singh
2025-09-17 10:58 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-09-17 16:49 ` Kalesh Singh
2025-09-18 14:42 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-09-18 16:21 ` Kalesh Singh
2025-09-15 16:36 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] mm: introduce vma_count_remaining() Kalesh Singh
2025-09-16 18:33 ` kernel test robot
2025-09-18 14:10 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-09-17 13:38 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-09-17 17:10 ` Kalesh Singh
2025-09-18 13:20 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-09-18 13:26 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-09-18 14:31 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-09-18 15:52 ` Kalesh Singh
2025-09-15 16:36 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] mm: rename mm_struct::map_count to vma_count Kalesh Singh
2025-09-17 13:41 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-09-18 11:46 ` Pedro Falcato
2025-09-18 14:48 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-09-15 16:36 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] mm: harden vma_count against direct modification Kalesh Singh
2025-09-16 9:10 ` kernel test robot
2025-09-18 14:52 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-09-18 15:43 ` Kalesh Singh
2025-09-15 16:36 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] mm: add assertion for VMA count limit Kalesh Singh
2025-09-17 13:44 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-09-17 17:22 ` Kalesh Singh
2025-09-17 18:34 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-09-17 20:31 ` Kalesh Singh
2025-09-18 11:48 ` Pedro Falcato
2025-09-18 13:30 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-09-15 16:36 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] mm/tracing: introduce max_vma_count_exceeded trace event Kalesh Singh
2025-09-15 23:41 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-09-16 1:19 ` Kalesh Singh
2025-09-16 15:52 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-09-16 17:36 ` Kalesh Singh
2025-09-16 17:48 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-09-16 17:57 ` Kalesh Singh
2025-09-16 18:02 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-09-16 18:23 ` Kalesh Singh
2025-09-16 18:51 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-09-16 20:08 ` Kalesh Singh
2025-09-18 11:38 ` Pedro Falcato
2025-09-18 14:48 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-09-18 13:42 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-09-18 13:51 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-09-18 15:55 ` Kalesh Singh
2025-09-15 22:34 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] vma count: fixes, test and improvements Andrew Morton
2025-09-15 23:10 ` Kalesh Singh
2025-09-16 0:05 ` Andrew Morton
2025-09-16 1:23 ` Kalesh Singh
2025-09-16 10:12 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-09-16 17:47 ` Kalesh Singh
2025-09-17 2:16 ` Andrew Morton
2025-09-17 5:36 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-09-17 23:32 ` Andrew Morton
2025-09-18 10:29 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-09-18 12:07 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-09-18 12:49 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-09-18 20:59 ` Andrew Morton
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