From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>
Cc: damon@lists.linux.dev, linux-mm@kvack.org, sj@kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org, yikai@z1k.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/damon/reclaim: fix typo in damon_reclaim_timer_fn()
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:53:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026072053-silliness-slacked-8997@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260720110232.312053-1-aethernet65535@gmail.com>
On Mon, Jul 20, 2026 at 07:02:32PM +0800, Liew Rui Yan wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> On Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:59:03 +0200, Greg KH wrote:
>
> > Why is this a stable-only patch? Did something go wrong with the
> > backport of this commit that is not in the upstream version?
>
> Sorry for the confusion!
>
> This is a stable-only patch because this specific function was removed
> in mainline starting from v6.2.
>
> Therefore, this bug only affects v6.1.176 and v6.1.177 stable branches.
> Mainline does not have this function anymore.
>
> $ git tag --contains 2f54908fae21
> v6.1.176
> v6.1.177
>
> Let me know if you want me to resend with this explanation
> explicitly noted in the commit message.
Why can't we just take the same commits that are upstream that prevent
this issue from happening?
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-20 11:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-20 9:47 [PATCH] mm/damon/reclaim: fix typo in damon_reclaim_timer_fn() Liew Rui Yan
2026-07-20 9:59 ` Greg KH
2026-07-20 11:02 ` Liew Rui Yan
2026-07-20 11:53 ` Greg KH [this message]
2026-07-20 15:33 ` SJ Park
2026-07-20 15:38 ` SJ Park
2026-07-21 0:56 ` Sasha Levin
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