Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel+bounces-156224-linux.lists.archive=gmail.com@vger.kernel.org designates 147.75.48.161 as permitted sender) client-ip=147.75.48.161;
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 20:42:32 -0700
From: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
To: Marius Fleischer <fleischermarius@gmail.com>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>,
	Leah Rumancik <leah.rumancik@gmail.com>, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, harrisonmichaelgreen@gmail.com,
	syzkaller@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: KASAN: null-ptr-deref Write in xlog_cil_commit
Message-ID: <20240424034232.GD360940@frogsfrogsfrogs>
References: <CAJg=8jz0X=CKR1POvF41oEumrq1z=MVWPdF2ECbzV6-rhht8-g@mail.gmail.com>
 <ZiGYbJezGZg6tGgq@dread.disaster.area>
 <CAJg=8jycPX=fQskUb=48g=AS7-uUNAVKZyZ+tyAC5uGYwfpabg@mail.gmail.com>
 <ZiWl2MG5f0wAp7mM@dread.disaster.area>
 <CAJg=8jyZuxsUX+oNU6O_L4LNOVs21xVKTDi8ywPfDbj+cAxegA@mail.gmail.com>
Precedence: bulk
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <CAJg=8jyZuxsUX+oNU6O_L4LNOVs21xVKTDi8ywPfDbj+cAxegA@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 08:05:22AM -0700, Marius Fleischer wrote:
> Hi Dave,
> 
> Thank you so much for your detailed explanations!
> 
> > > Do you think it would make sense to backport that patch to 5.15.156 (the
> > > LTS kernel)?
> >
> > That's up to the 5.15 LTS maintainers to decide. They also need to
> > weigh up the fact that xlog_cil_kvmalloc() doesn't exist anymore in
> > the upstream code base. i.e. we found other places that had the same
> > kvmalloc() performance problems, and so lifted that code up further
> > and used it in other places in XFS....
> >
> 
> Understood. Please allow me one last follow-up question. Did I add the correct
> maintainers/mailing lists to reach the 5.15 LTS maintainers? If not,
> how do I find
> the correct addresses? I used scripts/get_maintainer.pl as suggested here
> (https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/reporting-issues.html)
> to locate maintainers/mailing lists.

You got it correct -- Leah is the 5.15 maintainer of record.

--D

> Wishing you a lovely week!
> 
> Best,
> Marius