linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] perf unwind: Fix map reference counts

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Date:   Fri, 23 Jun 2023 10:58:21 -0700
From:   Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To:     Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Ivan Babrou <ivan@...udflare.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, cocci@...ia.fr
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] perf unwind: Fix map reference counts

Hello,

On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 10:49 AM Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 9:18 AM Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de> wrote:
> >
> > > v2. Add missing map__put when dso is missing.
> > > ---
> >
> > Please omit such version information from the change suggestion.
> >
> > See also:
> > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.4-rc7#n698
>
> ah, tldr. Will correct in the future.

Thanks for taking a look at this.  I moved it above the tag lines
this time.

>
> >
> > How do you think about to add the tag “Fixes”?
>
> In general we've not been adding Fixes as there is a danger a backport
> will introduce a use-after-free.

Right, this change depends on other changes.  Simply cherry-picking
this will result in unmatched ref count IIUC.

Applied to perf-tools-next, thanks!