linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Fix race condition in Devres

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Message-ID: <CANiq72nfOcOGJuktzSpNAUWwekaZ98JL7c1FhMKCjPSG80JMPA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2025 14:36:51 +0200
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
Cc: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, rafael@...nel.org, ojeda@...nel.org, 
	alex.gaynor@...il.com, boqun.feng@...il.com, gary@...yguo.net, 
	bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com, benno.lossin@...ton.me, a.hindborg@...nel.org, 
	aliceryhl@...gle.com, tmgross@...ch.edu, chrisi.schrefl@...il.com, 
	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Fix race condition in Devres

On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> None of the upstream users of Devres is prone to this race, hence we do not
> necessarily have to backport this -- yet, it must be fixed.

We generally backport even soundness fixes when they do not affect
actual upstream code, so we should probably try.

On the other hand, v6.14.y may go out of support soon (a few weeks I
assume) and this does not affect LTSs.

Cheers,
Miguel