Re: [PATCH v10 3/8] gpu: Fix uninitialized buddy for built-in drivers

[Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>]

On 2/19/2026 10:31 AM, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 11:09:42AM +0100, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
>>> Fixes: ba110db8e1bc ("gpu: Move DRM buddy allocator one level up (part two)")
>>
>> This Fixes: tag seems wrong. How is this code move related to this problem?
>>
>> This should rather be:
>>
>> Fixes: 6387a3c4b0c4 ("drm: move the buddy allocator from i915 into common drm")
> 
> You're right, the bug existed since the original move to common drm.
> Will update the Fixes tag.
> 
>> Also, please add:
>>
>> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> 
> Will add.
> 
>> I also think this patch should be sent separately and go through drm-misc-fixes.
> 
> Agreed. I'll pull this patch out of the series and send it separately
> targeting drm-misc-fixes.
> 
I just saw that Koen will send it separately so I'll let him handle it. In
future postings, I will put both this fix and earlier 2 patches (part one and
two of the move) with prefix [cherry-pick], since the only reason I am carrying
them is because it is a dependency that is not yet in torvalds/master branch.

I should have made that clear. Thanks,

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Joel Fernandes