Re: [PATCH] selftest: mm: Test if hugepage does not get leaked during __bio_release_pages()

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On Thu, 23 May 2024 22:40:25 +0200 David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > You have stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx in the mail headers, so I assume you're
> > proposing this for backporting.  When doing this, please include
> > 
> > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > in the changelog footers and also include a Fixes: target.  I'm
> > assuming the suitable Fixes: target for this patch is 38b43539d64b?
> 
> This adds a new selfest to make sure what was fixed (and backported to 
> stable) remains fixed.

Sure.  But we should provide -stable maintainers guidance for "how far
back to go".  There isn't much point in backporting this into kernels
where it's known to fail!

I'm still thinking that we want this in kernels which have 38b43539d64b?




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