linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6.4 00/29] 6.4.1-rc2 review

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Date:   Thu, 29 Jun 2023 23:48:49 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     stable@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        linux@...ck-us.net, shuah@...nel.org, patches@...nelci.org,
        lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org, pavel@...x.de, jonathanh@...dia.com,
        f.fainelli@...il.com, sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com,
        srw@...dewatkins.net, rwarsow@....de, conor@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.4 00/29] 6.4.1-rc2 review

On Thu, 29 Jun 2023 at 23:32, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> I think the "crazy users" reports might be triggered sooner with stable
> updates than from your tree as well, so this might be a early-warning
> type system.

Yeah, I agree, it might help find any potential odd cases more quickly.

So just as long as you are aware of the false positives by syzbot and friends..

               Linus