linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix do_pages_stat to use compat_uptr

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Message-ID: <aFxltX73iZLT2HGx@msg.df7cb.de>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 23:10:13 +0200
From: Christoph Berg <myon@...ian.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>,
	Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@...el.com>,
	Joshua Hahn <joshua.hahnjy@...il.com>, Rakie Kim <rakie.kim@...com>,
	Byungchul Park <byungchul@...com>,
	Gregory Price <gourry@...rry.net>,
	Ying Huang <ying.huang@...ux.alibaba.com>,
	Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>,
	"open list:MEMORY MANAGEMENT - MEMORY POLICY AND MIGRATION" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix do_pages_stat to use compat_uptr_t

Re: Andrew Morton
> I'll update the Subject: as David suggests and I'll add a cc:stable,
> thanks.  I'll also add a note that David suggested an alternative, so
> please let's advance that option.

Sorry, I'm new here. Do I have to do anything now? The above sounds
like the alternative coding by David would be preferred, but the other
mails say the patches have already been pushed to a hotfix branch? Or
are we doing both, i.e. stable gets the simple fix and next the pretty
one?

Christoph