linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/9] lib/ref_tracker: improve allocation flags

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Message-ID: <CANn89iLHd+Y=7xqx0OqfHXmqnUhhRycTARGfgq-y79Xhy5OQew@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 18 Feb 2022 05:05:25 -0800
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     Andrzej Hajda <andrzej.hajda@...el.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@...el.com>,
        Chris Wilson <chris.p.wilson@...el.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/9] lib/ref_tracker: improve allocation flags

On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 2:28 AM Andrzej Hajda <andrzej.hajda@...el.com> wrote:
> > git log --oneline 5740d0689096..4d449bdc5b26 --no-merges -- lib/ref_tracker.c
> > c2d1e3df4af59261777b39c2e47476acd4d1cbeb ref_tracker: remove
> > filter_irq_stacks() call
> > 8fd5522f44dcd7f05454ddc4f16d0f821b676cd9 ref_tracker: add a count of
> > untracked references
> > e3ececfe668facd87d920b608349a32607060e66 ref_tracker: implement
> > use-after-free detection
>
>
> So I will cherry-pick these patches into next version of patchset, with
> "NO MERGE" annotation (to allow testing), and if my ref_track patches
> will be accepted then they can go via net-dev tree and intel patches
> will wait till update of drm-tip.
> Is this scenario OK?

One possibility would be to split your patch series in two, to merge
the ref_tracker changes directly in net-next asap.

But I have no strong opinion, maybe Jakub/David have some guidance.