linux-kernel - Re: BISECT result: 6.0.0-RC kernels trigger Firefox snap bug with 6.0.0-rc3 through 6.0.0-rc7

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Date:   Fri, 21 Oct 2022 06:23:19 +0700
From:   Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To:     Phillip Lougher <phillip@...ashfs.org.uk>,
        Jintao Yin <nicememory@...il.com>
Cc:     hsinyi@...omium.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        marcmiltenberger@...il.com, mirsad.todorovac@....unizg.hr,
        regressions@...mhuis.info, regressions@...ts.linux.dev,
        srw@...dewatkins.net
Subject: Re: BISECT result: 6.0.0-RC kernels trigger Firefox snap bug with
 6.0.0-rc3 through 6.0.0-rc7

On 10/20/22 22:45, Phillip Lougher wrote:
> On 20/10/2022 14:55, Jintao Yin wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> After review the details of page actor, the tail bytes may be written to
>> a temp buffer instead the last used page. So before diff would wrongly
>> memzero a page which is not the tail bytes in.
>>
>> In this diff fixes it by caculation of the real index the trailing bytes
>> in and check if the last used page matches this index. If the page is
>> the real tail bytes in, then memzero the trailing bypte of the page.
>>
>> Please help test and any feedbacks are welcome.
>>
>> Thanks,
> 
> This is a rediculously complex patch.  Sorry, but, absolute NACK.
> 
> Additionally, it is poor etiquette and pointless to fix an
> already fixed issue with a _more_ complex patch.
> 

Ah! I was about to test his third fixup patch. I prefer to go
with your fix instead (as the formal patch).

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