linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] mm/mempolicy: Fix memory leaks in weighted interleave sysfs

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Message-ID: <20250321050625.950-1-rakie.kim@sk.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 14:06:19 +0900
From: Rakie Kim <rakie.kim@...com>
To: Gregory Price <gourry@...rry.net>
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	Rakie Kim <rakie.kim@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] mm/mempolicy: Fix memory leaks in weighted interleave sysfs

On Fri, 21 Mar 2025 00:53:23 -0400 Gregory Price <gourry@...rry.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 01:36:55PM +0900, Rakie Kim wrote:
> > 
> > Patch 1 and Patch 2 are closely related, and I believe that both patches
> > need to be combined to fully support the functionality.
> > 
> > Initially, I thought that Patch 1 was the fix for the original issue and
> > considered it the candidate for a backport.
> > However, upon further reflection, I believe that all changes in Patch 1
> > through Patch 3 are necessary to fully address the underlying problem.
> > 
> > Therefore, I now think it makes more sense to merge Patch 1 and Patch 2
> > into a single patch, then renumber the current Patch 3 as Patch 2,
> > and treat the entire set as a proper -stable backport candidate.
> > 
> > I'd appreciate your thoughts on this suggestion.
> > 
> > Rakie
> > 
> 
> All of this is fine, but it doesn't fix the bug in LTS kernels :]
> 
> It would be nice to do that too, since you identified it.
> ~Gregory

Following the previously discussed patch restructuring, are there any
other bugs that remain unresolved?
If you have any additional insights on these unresolved issues,
I would appreciate your input.

Rakie.