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Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 21:18:45 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: "# 6 . 17-rc1" <stable@vger.kernel.org>, damon@lists.linux.dev,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] samples/damon: fix boot time enable handling fixup
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On Mon,  8 Sep 2025 20:51:41 -0700 SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> wrote:

> > > Note that the broken commits are merged into 6.17-rc1, but also
> > > backported to relevant stable kernels.  So this series also need to be
> > > merged into the stable kernels.  Hence Cc-ing stable@.
> > 
> > That's unfortunate, but the about doesn't actually tell us what this
> > series does.  
> 
> Good point.  The issue is that the sample modules can crash if those are
> enabled at boot time before DAMON is initialized, via kernel command line.
> 
> Would you prefer me sending another version of this patch series with an
> elaborated cover letter?

Please just send out the appropriate words and I'll paste it in.