From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B18ADC433E0 for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2021 15:21:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EFC1650FD for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2021 15:21:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231136AbhCGPVJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Mar 2021 10:21:09 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:59458 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230442AbhCGPUh (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Mar 2021 10:20:37 -0500 Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5BE55650F7; Sun, 7 Mar 2021 15:20:27 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1615130427; bh=nXKxoUJjKVCIOOJHuc6luZfpOsvtjKJFXLxcmPHvaKI=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=Px4Ob06xdkXmLCkMYOaaff/9bGwhMslNlWvbN4tVQHtdjTMJdNbQEe4xr30U5AckX U5y/hraSwyGte+bC5hXhUHN5PC57n3MWiJdazIiIQyCMxHBH9W0NQY3W6127o9F3GW wetChXsyEEzsMPT+h7YskYVewoBid7igLNJ5o14w= Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2021 16:20:25 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: =?utf-8?B?TWljaGHFgsKgTWlyb3PFgmF3?= Cc: Linus Walleij , stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: stable: KASan for ARM Message-ID: References: <20210307150040.GB28240@qmqm.qmqm.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20210307150040.GB28240@qmqm.qmqm.pl> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Mar 07, 2021 at 04:00:40PM +0100, Michał Mirosław wrote: > Dear Greg, > > Would you consider KASan for ARM patches for LTS (5.10) kernel? Those > are 7a1be318f579..421015713b30 if I understand correctly. They are > not normal stable material, but I think they will help tremendously in > discovering kernel bugs on 32-bit ARMs. Looks like a new feature to me, right? How many patches, and have you tested them? If so, submit them as a patch series and we can review them, but if this is a new feature, it does not meet the stable kernel rules. And why not just use 5.11 or newer for discovering kernel bugs? Why does 5.10 matter here? thanks, greg k-h