From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8E9D1208D0; Mon, 20 Oct 2025 11:17:16 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1760959036; cv=none; b=N+a+gv+1hcOkh6E1lInT8AUpTr9iBChvd/jdonOdSHwATbR4uZh6/X8uTcCuQnMOGHfidmBuyOIx9WavjUw7rjL0Rat5yvRdU0eIQ7OZL3F0+pA/UqcrEZdhDsXE9MHX1XMuSCnKFVmXwK5ij31spYXTkyMHTsxAOqPNRfBOCKo= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1760959036; c=relaxed/simple; bh=TSbmKbsnr+avsjQaaO7wq/0jRqFL/RY167AdevoNFQk=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=acW1/VD6g68kad3DoW8R0iBWNgwXs0FEyrZj3lXQ/QdXFqMuOnmjrS4PCNmkMpfFHDOnzPwuFmEyIl3JKul0Fd555w6qJbo7hiGtmX8iL5EKG0UOCd5NvIFllsBo+Y/XX3rjs3ZGw9GOAIIEQn9jVKPg0TxhW+FW6YMMhLtHOwI= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=T+/gzaFU; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="T+/gzaFU" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 70B32C113D0; Mon, 20 Oct 2025 11:17:15 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1760959036; bh=TSbmKbsnr+avsjQaaO7wq/0jRqFL/RY167AdevoNFQk=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=T+/gzaFUI/5qXMrR+Ex4Rn67ne7yv//C6OyMcA3Jc5ad69gm4sDsuUdk+ycejc5qd Cj9bKQcErNjiZNbVeITNp/g4gJA9BuGPjulpoYV/1b1yVMf3F3Pyo1kVOG+QnjMkrA CgncLTbyrKXfk7eBIee1OQM2DGJ8dC3J3XJzI5jI= Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:17:13 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Jeongjun Park Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, Julia.Lawall@inria.fr, akpm@linux-foundation.org, anna-maria@linutronix.de, arnd@arndb.de, linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux@roeck-us.net, luiz.dentz@gmail.com, marcel@holtmann.org, maz@kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, sboyd@kernel.org, viresh.kumar@linaro.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.1.y 00/12] timers: Provide timer_shutdown[_sync]() Message-ID: <2025102001-unlaced-playroom-f60b@gregkh> References: <20251010150252.1115788-1-aha310510@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20251010150252.1115788-1-aha310510@gmail.com> On Sat, Oct 11, 2025 at 12:02:40AM +0900, Jeongjun Park wrote: > The "timers: Provide timer_shutdown[_sync]()" patch series implemented a > useful feature that addresses various bugs caused by attempts to rearm > shutdown timers. > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221123201306.823305113@linutronix.de/ > > However, this patch series was not fully backported to versions prior to > 6.2, requiring separate patches for older kernels if these bugs were > encountered. > > The biggest problem with this is that even if these bugs were discovered > and patched in the upstream kernel, if the maintainer or author didn't > create a separate backport patch for versions prior to 6.2, the bugs would > remain untouched in older kernels. > > Therefore, to reduce the hassle of having to write a separate patch, we > should backport the remaining unbackported commits from the > "timers: Provide timer_shutdown[_sync]()" patch series to versions prior > to 6.2. Thanks for doing this, all now queued up. greg k-h