Re: [PATCH 6.1.y 7/7] mm: Remove unused vm_brk()

[Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>]

[ Sasha's backport helper bot ]

Hi,

✅ All tests passed successfully. No issues detected.
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The upstream commit SHA1 provided is correct: 2632bb84d1d53cfd6cf65261064273ded4f759d5

WARNING: Author mismatch between patch and upstream commit:
Backport author: Kang Wenlin<wenlin.kang@windriver.com>
Commit author: Kees Cook<keescook@chromium.org>

Status in newer kernel trees:
6.13.y | Present (exact SHA1)
6.12.y | Present (exact SHA1)
6.6.y | Not found

Note: The patch differs from the upstream commit:
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1:  2632bb84d1d53 ! 1:  c5b8fd8379e4c mm: Remove unused vm_brk()
    @@ Metadata
      ## Commit message ##
         mm: Remove unused vm_brk()
     
    +    commit 2632bb84d1d53cfd6cf65261064273ded4f759d5 upstream
    +
         With fs/binfmt_elf.c fully refactored to use the new elf_load() helper,
         there are no more users of vm_brk(), so remove it.
     
    @@ Commit message
         Signed-off-by: Sebastian Ott <sebott@redhat.com>
         Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230929032435.2391507-6-keescook@chromium.org
         Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
    +    Signed-off-by: Wenlin Kang <wenlin.kang@windriver.com>
     
      ## include/linux/mm.h ##
     @@ include/linux/mm.h: static inline void mm_populate(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len)
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Results of testing on various branches:

| Branch                    | Patch Apply | Build Test |
|---------------------------|-------------|------------|
| stable/linux-6.6.y        |  Success    |  Success   |