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Message-ID: <2024100111-alone-fructose-1103@gregkh>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 10:11:56 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Sherry Yang <sherry.yang@...cle.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	rostedt@...dmis.org, mingo@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.4.y 0/2] tracing/kprobes: Backport request about

On Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 02:43:57PM -0700, Sherry Yang wrote:
> The new test case which checks non unique symbol kprobe_non_uniq_symbol.tc 
> failed because of missing kernel functionality support from commit 
> b022f0c7e404 ("tracing/kprobes: Return EADDRNOTAVAIL when func matches several symbols"). 
> Backport it and its fix commit to 5.4.y together. Resolved minor context change conflicts.
> 
> Andrii Nakryiko (1):
>   tracing/kprobes: Fix symbol counting logic by looking at modules as
>     well
> 
> Francis Laniel (1):
>   tracing/kprobes: Return EADDRNOTAVAIL when func matches several
>     symbols

As per the documentation, we can't take patches for older kernels and
not newer ones, otherwise you will have regressions when you finally
move off this old kernel to a modern one :)

Please resend ALL of the needed backports, not just one specific kernel.
I'm dropping these from my review queue now.

thanks,

greg k-h