Re: [v3 1/3] mm/damon/sysfs: fix param_ctx leak on damon_sysfs_new_test_ctx() failure

Josh Law
2026-03-24T15:23:46Z

On 24 March 2026 14:15:37 GMT, SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> wrote:
>On Tue, 24 Mar 2026 07:06:25 +0000 Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org> wrote:
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>> On 24 March 2026 00:14:59 GMT, SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> wrote:
>> >On Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:48:19 +0000 Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org> wrote:
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>> >> Also, unconnected to our topic!
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>> >> I've tried to backport Damon to 4.19 (for a personal android thing, and failed! Of course)
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>> >> Can I have a bit of help if that's fine with you? The tree is based on GitHub a bit
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>> >Sure, I will be happy to help as much as I can without burning myself ;)
>> >
>> >Seems [1] Alma Linux has backported DAMON on their 4.18 kernel. Maybe you can
>> >try their port first?
>> >
>> >Also, what is the oldest kernel that you have to use? As newer it is, the
>> >backporting will be easier. When I was in AWS, I backported DAMON of v6.7 on
>> >the v5.10 based Amazon Linux kernel, and the source is available on GitHub. So
>> >if you can use 5.10 based kernel, using that could also be a good option.
>> >
>> >[1] https://oracle.github.io/kconfigs/?config=UTS_RELEASE&config=DAMON
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>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >SJ
>> >
>> >[...]
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>> well android likes using old kernels for some reasons, especially LTS, so 4.19..
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>Well, but the long term support of 4.19 has dead a few years ago. The oldest
>LTS kernel of today is 5.10 [1]. I understand some vendors might still use
>4.19 kernel, though. Anyway, let me know if there is anything that I can help.
>I will try to help.
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>[1] https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html
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>Thanks,
>SJ
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>[...]

The device itself is unsupported (Galaxy S20 FE)

I've been working on a kernel for this device for quite a long time

V/R

Josh Law