On Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 12:48:30PM +1000, Imran Khan wrote: > I am trying this approach (assuming that its okay) to avoid backporting > multiple upstream patches to fix this single issue. Kindly let me know if > its okay or would it be better to backport the relevant upstream patches > instead. It is almost never ok to diverge from what is in Linus's tree. Please never do that unless you have a very good reason to do so as it is documented that when we do this, we almost always get it wrong. Please post the relevant patches instead and if they look too crazy, then we can review them. thanks, greg k-h