linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] assoc_array: Fix BUG

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Message-ID: <87r147yp1f.fsf@stepbren-lnx.us.oracle.com>
Date:   Thu, 02 Jun 2022 10:05:00 -0700
From:   Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@...cle.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] assoc_array: Fix BUG_ON during garbage collect

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> writes:

> On Wed, Jun 1, 2022 at 3:00 PM Stephen Brennan
> <stephen.s.brennan@...cle.com> wrote:
>>
>> Just wanted to check on this patch as the 5.19 window closes. David, are
>> you planning on taking this through a particular tree, or is the ask for
>> Linus to pick it directly?
>
> Ok, picked up directly.
>
> These fall through the cracks partly because it's not obvious what
> they are for. Sometimes I get pull requests from DavidH, and sometimes
> I get random patches, and while the pull requests are fairly
> unambiguous ("please pull") the same is not necessarily true of the
> patches. Are they for discussion, an RFC, or fro applying...

I understand the confusion, thanks for taking this up!

Stephen

>
> So then I pretty much guess.
>
>                  Linus