linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] mm: vmalloc: Actually use the in-place vrealloc region

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Message-Id: <20250519170607.b8d9c23bb928935d19b333fa@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 17:06:07 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
Cc: Shung-Hsi Yu <shung-hsi.yu@...e.com>, Eduard Zingerman
 <eddyz87@...il.com>, Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>,
 Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>, Erhard Furtner <erhard_f@...lbox.org>,
 Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-mm@...ck.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] mm: vmalloc: Actually use the in-place vrealloc
 region

On Mon, 19 May 2025 12:18:42 -0700 Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org> wrote:

> On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 02:42:14PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > This fixes a performance regression[1] with vrealloc(). This needs to
> > get into v6.15, which is where the regression originates, and then it'll
> > get backport to the -stable releases as well.

No -stable backporting will be needed?

> Andrew, can you get these to Linus this week?

Sure.