From: "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
To: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Cc: rppt@kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
david@kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, acme@kernel.org,
namhyung@kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
regressions@lists.linux.dev, stable@vger.kernel.org,
4ncienth@gmail.com, alexander.motin@truenas.com,
caleb.stjohn@truenas.com, ameer.hamza@truenas.com
Subject: Re: [REGRESSION] secretmem: SIGBUS on memfd_secret() pages while perf record runs
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2026 17:23:53 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <asEra6tBau-hiutj@gremlin> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <asERcvLuNJatsBL7@laps>
On Sat, Oct 03, 2026 at 10:30:10AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 03, 2026 at 10:18:34AM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote:
> > It was sent late on Friday in a week that I was ill and it's Saturday
> > pre-LPC, so that's hardly a timeframe that I could reasonably have replied.
>
> Keep in mind that our release cycles are fairly short, so this shouldn't be too
> big of a deal?
I mean the same argument could be made both ways :)
>
> We will generally go for the safe option of dropping a commit that introduces a
> regression as it's fairly easy to queue it back up very soon after a
> diagnosis/fix shows up.
I think we'll have to agree to disagree about what was safe in this situation!
Anyway, the commit is fine as-is, and fine to be queued.
I am writing a patch for what seems to be the underlying issue which appears to
be related to how perf accounts things.
I guess I'm going to have to pack for LPC really late today :)
--
Cheers, Lorenzo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-03 16:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-02 17:56 [REGRESSION] secretmem: SIGBUS on memfd_secret() pages while perf record runs Ameer Hamza
2026-10-03 1:30 ` Sasha Levin
2026-10-03 9:18 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-10-03 14:30 ` Sasha Levin
2026-10-03 16:23 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) [this message]
2026-10-03 22:34 ` Sasha Levin
2026-10-03 14:14 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-03 17:05 ` Ameer Hamza
2026-10-05 10:38 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-03 15:56 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-10-03 16:31 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-10-03 18:02 ` Ameer Hamza
2026-10-04 16:29 ` Sasha Levin
2026-10-09 11:56 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
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