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Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:53:10 +0200
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()
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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