Re: [PATCH 5.10/5.15] io_uring: fix registered files leak

Jens Axboe
2024-03-12T17:54:35Z

On 3/12/24 9:21 AM, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 3/12/24 9:14 AM, Fedor Pchelkin wrote:
>> On 24/03/12 08:34AM, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>> On 3/12/24 8:23 AM, Fedor Pchelkin wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>>> I feel io_uring-SCM related code should be dropped entirely from the
>>>> stable branches as the backports already differ greatly between versions
>>>> and some parts are still kept, some have been dropped in a non-consistent
>>>> order. Though this might contradict with stable kernel rules or be
>>>> inappropriate for some other reason.
>>>
>>> Looks fine to me, and I agree, it makes much more sense to drop it all
>>> from 5.10/5.15-stable as well to keep them in sync with upstream. And I
>>> think this is fine for stable, dropping code is always a good thing.
>>>
>>
>> Alright, got it. So that would require dropping it from all of the
>> supported 5.4, 6.1, 6.6, 6.7, too.
>>
>> Would it be okay if I'll send this as a series?
>
> Yeah I think so, keeping the code more in sync is always a good thing
> when it comes to stable. Just make sure you mark the backport commits
> with the appropriate upstream shas. Thanks!

I'll just do these backports myself, thanks for bringing it up.

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Jens Axboe