linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] binder: fix max

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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 06:40:52 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@...gle.com>
Cc: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
	Todd Kjos <tkjos@...roid.com>, Martijn Coenen <maco@...roid.com>,
	Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
	Serban Constantinescu <serban.constantinescu@....com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...roid.com,
	Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] binder: fix max_thread type inconsistency

On Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 07:13:44PM +0000, Carlos Llamas wrote:
> The type defined for the BINDER_SET_MAX_THREADS ioctl was changed from
> size_t to __u32 in order to avoid incompatibility issues between 32 and
> 64-bit kernels. However, the internal types used to copy from user and
> store the value were never updated. Use u32 to fix the inconsistency.
> 
> Fixes: a9350fc859ae ("staging: android: binder: fix BINDER_SET_MAX_THREADS declaration")
> Reported-by: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@...gle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/android/binder.c          | 2 +-
>  drivers/android/binder_internal.h | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Why does only patch 4/4 need to go into the tree now, and as a stable
backport, but the first 3 do not?  Shouldn't this be two different
series of patches, one 3 long, and one 1 long, to go to the different
branches (next and linus)?

thanks,

greg k-h