linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.10/5.15] io_uring: fix registered files leak

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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 09:21:30 -0600
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To: Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin@...ras.ru>
Cc: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@...il.com>,
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
 io-uring@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@...ras.ru>, lvc-project@...uxtesting.org,
 Nikita Zhandarovich <n.zhandarovich@...tech.ru>,
 Roman Belyaev <belyaevrd@...dex.ru>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.10/5.15] io_uring: fix registered files leak

On 3/12/24 9:14 AM, Fedor Pchelkin wrote:
> On 24/03/12 08:34AM, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> On 3/12/24 8:23 AM, Fedor Pchelkin wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
>>> I feel io_uring-SCM related code should be dropped entirely from the
>>> stable branches as the backports already differ greatly between versions
>>> and some parts are still kept, some have been dropped in a non-consistent
>>> order. Though this might contradict with stable kernel rules or be
>>> inappropriate for some other reason.
>>
>> Looks fine to me, and I agree, it makes much more sense to drop it all
>> from 5.10/5.15-stable as well to keep them in sync with upstream. And I
>> think this is fine for stable, dropping code is always a good thing.
>>
> 
> Alright, got it. So that would require dropping it from all of the
> supported 5.4, 6.1, 6.6, 6.7, too.
> 
> Would it be okay if I'll send this as a series?

Yeah I think so, keeping the code more in sync is always a good thing
when it comes to stable. Just make sure you mark the backport commits
with the appropriate upstream shas. Thanks!

-- 
Jens Axboe