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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 09:21:30 -0600
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.10/5.15] io_uring: fix registered files leak
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To: Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin@ispras.ru>
Cc: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>,
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>, stable@vger.kernel.org,
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From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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On 3/12/24 9:14 AM, Fedor Pchelkin wrote:
> On 24/03/12 08:34AM, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> On 3/12/24 8:23 AM, Fedor Pchelkin wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
>>> I feel io_uring-SCM related code should be dropped entirely from the
>>> stable branches as the backports already differ greatly between versions
>>> and some parts are still kept, some have been dropped in a non-consistent
>>> order. Though this might contradict with stable kernel rules or be
>>> inappropriate for some other reason.
>>
>> Looks fine to me, and I agree, it makes much more sense to drop it all
>> from 5.10/5.15-stable as well to keep them in sync with upstream. And I
>> think this is fine for stable, dropping code is always a good thing.
>>
> 
> Alright, got it. So that would require dropping it from all of the
> supported 5.4, 6.1, 6.6, 6.7, too.
> 
> Would it be okay if I'll send this as a series?

Yeah I think so, keeping the code more in sync is always a good thing
when it comes to stable. Just make sure you mark the backport commits
with the appropriate upstream shas. Thanks!

-- 
Jens Axboe