https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201685 --- Comment #87 from Artem S. Tashkinov (aros@xxxxxxx) --- Regression testing could be carried out in a VM running on top of a ramdisk (e.g. tmpfs) to speed up the process. I guess someone with a decent amount of persistence and spare time could do that and test each individual commit between 4.18 and 4.19, however that doesn't guarantee success since the bug might be hardware related and not reproducible in a virtual environment. Or it might require obscene amounts of RAM/disk space which would be difficult, if not impossible to reproduce in a VM. I for one decided to stay on 4.18.x and not upgrade to any more recent kernels until the regression is identified and dealt with. Maybe one day someone will become truly invested in the kernel development process and we'll have proper QA/QC/unit testing/regression testing/fuzzying, so that individuals won't have to sacrifice their data and time because kernel developers are mostly busy with adding new features and usually not really concerned with performance, security and stability of their code unless they are pointed at such issues. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching the assignee of the bug.
