Hello,
Until kernel version 6.7, a write-sealed memfd could not be mapped as shared and read-only. This was clearly a bug, and was not inline with the description of F_SEAL_WRITE in the man page for fcntl()[1].
Lorenzo's series [2] fixed that issue and was merged in kernel version 6.7, but was not backported to older kernels. So, this issue is still present on kernels 5.4, 5.10, 5.15, 6.1, and 6.6.
This series backports Lorenzo's series to the 5.4 kernel.
[1] https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/fcntl.2.html [2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/913628168ce6cce77df7d13a63970bae06a526e0.1697116...
Lorenzo Stoakes (3): mm: drop the assumption that VM_SHARED always implies writable mm: update memfd seal write check to include F_SEAL_WRITE mm: perform the mapping_map_writable() check after call_mmap()
fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c | 2 +- include/linux/fs.h | 4 ++-- include/linux/mm.h | 26 +++++++++++++++++++------- kernel/fork.c | 2 +- mm/filemap.c | 2 +- mm/madvise.c | 2 +- mm/mmap.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++---------- mm/shmem.c | 2 +- 8 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
From: Lorenzo Stoakes lstoakes@gmail.com
[ Upstream commit e8e17ee90eaf650c855adb0a3e5e965fd6692ff1 ]
Patch series "permit write-sealed memfd read-only shared mappings", v4.
The man page for fcntl() describing memfd file seals states the following about F_SEAL_WRITE:-
Furthermore, trying to create new shared, writable memory-mappings via mmap(2) will also fail with EPERM.
With emphasis on 'writable'. In turns out in fact that currently the kernel simply disallows all new shared memory mappings for a memfd with F_SEAL_WRITE applied, rendering this documentation inaccurate.
This matters because users are therefore unable to obtain a shared mapping to a memfd after write sealing altogether, which limits their usefulness. This was reported in the discussion thread [1] originating from a bug report [2].
This is a product of both using the struct address_space->i_mmap_writable atomic counter to determine whether writing may be permitted, and the kernel adjusting this counter when any VM_SHARED mapping is performed and more generally implicitly assuming VM_SHARED implies writable.
It seems sensible that we should only update this mapping if VM_MAYWRITE is specified, i.e. whether it is possible that this mapping could at any point be written to.
If we do so then all we need to do to permit write seals to function as documented is to clear VM_MAYWRITE when mapping read-only. It turns out this functionality already exists for F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE - we can therefore simply adapt this logic to do the same for F_SEAL_WRITE.
We then hit a chicken and egg situation in mmap_region() where the check for VM_MAYWRITE occurs before we are able to clear this flag. To work around this, perform this check after we invoke call_mmap(), with careful consideration of error paths.
Thanks to Andy Lutomirski for the suggestion!
[1]:https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230324133646.16101dfa666f253c4715d965@linux-fo... [2]:https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217238
This patch (of 3):
There is a general assumption that VMAs with the VM_SHARED flag set are writable. If the VM_MAYWRITE flag is not set, then this is simply not the case.
Update those checks which affect the struct address_space->i_mmap_writable field to explicitly test for this by introducing [vma_]is_shared_maywrite() helper functions.
This remains entirely conservative, as the lack of VM_MAYWRITE guarantees that the VMA cannot be written to.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/cover.1697116581.git.lstoakes@gmail.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/d978aefefa83ec42d18dfa964ad180dbcde34795.169711658... Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes lstoakes@gmail.com Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski luto@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Jan Kara jack@suse.cz Cc: Alexander Viro viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk Cc: Christian Brauner brauner@kernel.org Cc: Hugh Dickins hughd@google.com Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) willy@infradead.org Cc: Mike Kravetz mike.kravetz@oracle.com Cc: Muchun Song muchun.song@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Isaac J. Manjarres isaacmanjarres@google.com --- include/linux/fs.h | 4 ++-- include/linux/mm.h | 11 +++++++++++ kernel/fork.c | 2 +- mm/filemap.c | 2 +- mm/madvise.c | 2 +- mm/mmap.c | 10 +++++----- 6 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index d3648a55590c..c5985d72d60e 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ int pagecache_write_end(struct file *, struct address_space *mapping, * @host: Owner, either the inode or the block_device. * @i_pages: Cached pages. * @gfp_mask: Memory allocation flags to use for allocating pages. - * @i_mmap_writable: Number of VM_SHARED mappings. + * @i_mmap_writable: Number of VM_SHARED, VM_MAYWRITE mappings. * @nr_thps: Number of THPs in the pagecache (non-shmem only). * @i_mmap: Tree of private and shared mappings. * @i_mmap_rwsem: Protects @i_mmap and @i_mmap_writable. @@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ static inline int mapping_mapped(struct address_space *mapping)
/* * Might pages of this file have been modified in userspace? - * Note that i_mmap_writable counts all VM_SHARED vmas: do_mmap_pgoff + * Note that i_mmap_writable counts all VM_SHARED, VM_MAYWRITE vmas: do_mmap_pgoff * marks vma as VM_SHARED if it is shared, and the file was opened for * writing i.e. vma may be mprotected writable even if now readonly. * diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h index 4d3657b630db..47d56c96447a 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm.h +++ b/include/linux/mm.h @@ -549,6 +549,17 @@ static inline bool vma_is_anonymous(struct vm_area_struct *vma) return !vma->vm_ops; }
+static inline bool is_shared_maywrite(vm_flags_t vm_flags) +{ + return (vm_flags & (VM_SHARED | VM_MAYWRITE)) == + (VM_SHARED | VM_MAYWRITE); +} + +static inline bool vma_is_shared_maywrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma) +{ + return is_shared_maywrite(vma->vm_flags); +} + #ifdef CONFIG_SHMEM /* * The vma_is_shmem is not inline because it is used only by slow diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c index e71f96bff1dc..ad3e6e91d828 100644 --- a/kernel/fork.c +++ b/kernel/fork.c @@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ static __latent_entropy int dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm, if (tmp->vm_flags & VM_DENYWRITE) atomic_dec(&inode->i_writecount); i_mmap_lock_write(mapping); - if (tmp->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) + if (vma_is_shared_maywrite(tmp)) atomic_inc(&mapping->i_mmap_writable); flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping); /* insert tmp into the share list, just after mpnt */ diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c index f1ed0400c37c..af3efb23262b 100644 --- a/mm/filemap.c +++ b/mm/filemap.c @@ -2876,7 +2876,7 @@ int generic_file_mmap(struct file * file, struct vm_area_struct * vma) */ int generic_file_readonly_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma) { - if ((vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) && (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYWRITE)) + if (vma_is_shared_maywrite(vma)) return -EINVAL; return generic_file_mmap(file, vma); } diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c index ac8d68c488b5..3f5331c96ad5 100644 --- a/mm/madvise.c +++ b/mm/madvise.c @@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ static long madvise_remove(struct vm_area_struct *vma, return -EINVAL; }
- if ((vma->vm_flags & (VM_SHARED|VM_WRITE)) != (VM_SHARED|VM_WRITE)) + if (!vma_is_shared_maywrite(vma)) return -EACCES;
offset = (loff_t)(start - vma->vm_start) diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c index eeebbb20accf..cb712ae731cd 100644 --- a/mm/mmap.c +++ b/mm/mmap.c @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static void __remove_shared_vm_struct(struct vm_area_struct *vma, { if (vma->vm_flags & VM_DENYWRITE) atomic_inc(&file_inode(file)->i_writecount); - if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) + if (vma_is_shared_maywrite(vma)) mapping_unmap_writable(mapping);
flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping); @@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ static void __vma_link_file(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
if (vma->vm_flags & VM_DENYWRITE) atomic_dec(&file_inode(file)->i_writecount); - if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) + if (vma_is_shared_maywrite(vma)) atomic_inc(&mapping->i_mmap_writable);
flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping); @@ -1785,7 +1785,7 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr, if (error) goto free_vma; } - if (vm_flags & VM_SHARED) { + if (is_shared_maywrite(vm_flags)) { error = mapping_map_writable(file->f_mapping); if (error) goto allow_write_and_free_vma; @@ -1823,7 +1823,7 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr, vma_link(mm, vma, prev, rb_link, rb_parent); /* Once vma denies write, undo our temporary denial count */ if (file) { - if (vm_flags & VM_SHARED) + if (is_shared_maywrite(vm_flags)) mapping_unmap_writable(file->f_mapping); if (vm_flags & VM_DENYWRITE) allow_write_access(file); @@ -1864,7 +1864,7 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
/* Undo any partial mapping done by a device driver. */ unmap_region(mm, vma, prev, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end); - if (vm_flags & VM_SHARED) + if (is_shared_maywrite(vm_flags)) mapping_unmap_writable(file->f_mapping); allow_write_and_free_vma: if (vm_flags & VM_DENYWRITE)
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The upstream commit SHA1 provided is correct: e8e17ee90eaf650c855adb0a3e5e965fd6692ff1
WARNING: Author mismatch between patch and upstream commit: Backport author: Isaac J. Manjarres isaacmanjarres@google.com Commit author: Lorenzo Stoakes lstoakes@gmail.com
Status in newer kernel trees: 6.15.y | Present (exact SHA1) 6.12.y | Present (exact SHA1) 6.6.y | Not found 6.1.y | Not found 5.15.y | Not found 5.10.y | Not found
Note: The patch differs from the upstream commit: --- 1: e8e17ee90eaf < -: ------------ mm: drop the assumption that VM_SHARED always implies writable -: ------------ > 1: bc4bb0b14ec1 mm: drop the assumption that VM_SHARED always implies writable
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| Branch | Patch Apply | Build Test | |---------------------------|-------------|------------| | 5.4 | Success | Success |
From: Lorenzo Stoakes lstoakes@gmail.com
[ Upstream commit 28464bbb2ddc199433383994bcb9600c8034afa1 ]
The seal_check_future_write() function is called by shmem_mmap() or hugetlbfs_file_mmap() to disallow any future writable mappings of an memfd sealed this way.
The F_SEAL_WRITE flag is not checked here, as that is handled via the mapping->i_mmap_writable mechanism and so any attempt at a mapping would fail before this could be run.
However we intend to change this, meaning this check can be performed for F_SEAL_WRITE mappings also.
The logic here is equally applicable to both flags, so update this function to accommodate both and rename it accordingly.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/913628168ce6cce77df7d13a63970bae06a526e0.169711658... Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes lstoakes@gmail.com Reviewed-by: Jan Kara jack@suse.cz Cc: Alexander Viro viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk Cc: Andy Lutomirski luto@kernel.org Cc: Christian Brauner brauner@kernel.org Cc: Hugh Dickins hughd@google.com Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) willy@infradead.org Cc: Mike Kravetz mike.kravetz@oracle.com Cc: Muchun Song muchun.song@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Isaac J. Manjarres isaacmanjarres@google.com --- fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c | 2 +- include/linux/mm.h | 15 ++++++++------- mm/shmem.c | 2 +- 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c index 47b292f9b4f8..c18a47a86e8b 100644 --- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c +++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static int hugetlbfs_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma) vma->vm_flags |= VM_HUGETLB | VM_DONTEXPAND; vma->vm_ops = &hugetlb_vm_ops;
- ret = seal_check_future_write(info->seals, vma); + ret = seal_check_write(info->seals, vma); if (ret) return ret;
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h index 47d56c96447a..57cba6e4fdcd 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm.h +++ b/include/linux/mm.h @@ -2946,25 +2946,26 @@ static inline int pages_identical(struct page *page1, struct page *page2) }
/** - * seal_check_future_write - Check for F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE flag and handle it + * seal_check_write - Check for F_SEAL_WRITE or F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE flags and + * handle them. * @seals: the seals to check * @vma: the vma to operate on * - * Check whether F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE is set; if so, do proper check/handling on - * the vma flags. Return 0 if check pass, or <0 for errors. + * Check whether F_SEAL_WRITE or F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE are set; if so, do proper + * check/handling on the vma flags. Return 0 if check pass, or <0 for errors. */ -static inline int seal_check_future_write(int seals, struct vm_area_struct *vma) +static inline int seal_check_write(int seals, struct vm_area_struct *vma) { - if (seals & F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE) { + if (seals & (F_SEAL_WRITE | F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE)) { /* * New PROT_WRITE and MAP_SHARED mmaps are not allowed when - * "future write" seal active. + * write seals are active. */ if ((vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) && (vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE)) return -EPERM;
/* - * Since an F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE sealed memfd can be mapped as + * Since an F_SEAL_[FUTURE_]WRITE sealed memfd can be mapped as * MAP_SHARED and read-only, take care to not allow mprotect to * revert protections on such mappings. Do this only for shared * mappings. For private mappings, don't need to mask diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c index 264229680ad7..8475d56f5977 100644 --- a/mm/shmem.c +++ b/mm/shmem.c @@ -2215,7 +2215,7 @@ static int shmem_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma) struct shmem_inode_info *info = SHMEM_I(file_inode(file)); int ret;
- ret = seal_check_future_write(info->seals, vma); + ret = seal_check_write(info->seals, vma); if (ret) return ret;
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The upstream commit SHA1 provided is correct: 28464bbb2ddc199433383994bcb9600c8034afa1
WARNING: Author mismatch between patch and upstream commit: Backport author: Isaac J. Manjarres isaacmanjarres@google.com Commit author: Lorenzo Stoakes lstoakes@gmail.com
Status in newer kernel trees: 6.15.y | Present (exact SHA1) 6.12.y | Present (exact SHA1) 6.6.y | Not found 6.1.y | Not found 5.15.y | Not found 5.10.y | Not found
Note: The patch differs from the upstream commit: --- 1: 28464bbb2ddc ! 1: 3f153c98f29a mm: update memfd seal write check to include F_SEAL_WRITE @@ Metadata ## Commit message ## mm: update memfd seal write check to include F_SEAL_WRITE
+ [ Upstream commit 28464bbb2ddc199433383994bcb9600c8034afa1 ] + The seal_check_future_write() function is called by shmem_mmap() or hugetlbfs_file_mmap() to disallow any future writable mappings of an memfd sealed this way. @@ Commit message Cc: Mike Kravetz mike.kravetz@oracle.com Cc: Muchun Song muchun.song@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton akpm@linux-foundation.org + Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org + Signed-off-by: Isaac J. Manjarres isaacmanjarres@google.com
## fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c ## @@ fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c: static int hugetlbfs_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma) - vm_flags_set(vma, VM_HUGETLB | VM_DONTEXPAND); + vma->vm_flags |= VM_HUGETLB | VM_DONTEXPAND; vma->vm_ops = &hugetlb_vm_ops;
- ret = seal_check_future_write(info->seals, vma); @@ fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c: static int hugetlbfs_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct v
## include/linux/mm.h ## -@@ include/linux/mm.h: static inline void mem_dump_obj(void *object) {} - #endif +@@ include/linux/mm.h: static inline int pages_identical(struct page *page1, struct page *page2) + }
/** - * seal_check_future_write - Check for F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE flag and handle it @@ include/linux/mm.h: static inline void mem_dump_obj(void *object) {}
## mm/shmem.c ## @@ mm/shmem.c: static int shmem_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma) - struct shmem_inode_info *info = SHMEM_I(inode); + struct shmem_inode_info *info = SHMEM_I(file_inode(file)); int ret;
- ret = seal_check_future_write(info->seals, vma);
---
Results of testing on various branches:
| Branch | Patch Apply | Build Test | |---------------------------|-------------|------------| | 5.4 | Success | Success |
From: Lorenzo Stoakes lstoakes@gmail.com
[ Upstream commit 158978945f3173b8c1a88f8c5684a629736a57ac ]
In order for a F_SEAL_WRITE sealed memfd mapping to have an opportunity to clear VM_MAYWRITE, we must be able to invoke the appropriate vm_ops->mmap() handler to do so. We would otherwise fail the mapping_map_writable() check before we had the opportunity to avoid it.
This patch moves this check after the call_mmap() invocation. Only memfd actively denies write access causing a potential failure here (in memfd_add_seals()), so there should be no impact on non-memfd cases.
This patch makes the userland-visible change that MAP_SHARED, PROT_READ mappings of an F_SEAL_WRITE sealed memfd mapping will now succeed.
There is a delicate situation with cleanup paths assuming that a writable mapping must have occurred in circumstances where it may now not have. In order to ensure we do not accidentally mark a writable file unwritable by mistake, we explicitly track whether we have a writable mapping and unmap only if we do.
[lstoakes@gmail.com: do not set writable_file_mapping in inappropriate case] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/c9eb4cc6-7db4-4c2b-838d-43a0b319a4f0@lucifer.local Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217238 Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/55e413d20678a1bb4c7cce889062bbb07b0df892.169711658... Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes lstoakes@gmail.com Reviewed-by: Jan Kara jack@suse.cz Cc: Alexander Viro viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk Cc: Andy Lutomirski luto@kernel.org Cc: Christian Brauner brauner@kernel.org Cc: Hugh Dickins hughd@google.com Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) willy@infradead.org Cc: Mike Kravetz mike.kravetz@oracle.com Cc: Muchun Song muchun.song@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org [isaacmanjarres: added error handling to cleanup the work done by the mmap() callback and removed unused label.] Signed-off-by: Isaac J. Manjarres isaacmanjarres@google.com --- mm/mmap.c | 22 ++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c index cb712ae731cd..e591a82a26a8 100644 --- a/mm/mmap.c +++ b/mm/mmap.c @@ -1718,6 +1718,7 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr, { struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm; struct vm_area_struct *vma, *prev; + bool writable_file_mapping = false; int error; struct rb_node **rb_link, *rb_parent; unsigned long charged = 0; @@ -1785,11 +1786,6 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr, if (error) goto free_vma; } - if (is_shared_maywrite(vm_flags)) { - error = mapping_map_writable(file->f_mapping); - if (error) - goto allow_write_and_free_vma; - }
/* ->mmap() can change vma->vm_file, but must guarantee that * vma_link() below can deny write-access if VM_DENYWRITE is set @@ -1801,6 +1797,14 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr, if (error) goto unmap_and_free_vma;
+ if (vma_is_shared_maywrite(vma)) { + error = mapping_map_writable(file->f_mapping); + if (error) + goto close_and_free_vma; + + writable_file_mapping = true; + } + /* Can addr have changed?? * * Answer: Yes, several device drivers can do it in their @@ -1823,7 +1827,7 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr, vma_link(mm, vma, prev, rb_link, rb_parent); /* Once vma denies write, undo our temporary denial count */ if (file) { - if (is_shared_maywrite(vm_flags)) + if (writable_file_mapping) mapping_unmap_writable(file->f_mapping); if (vm_flags & VM_DENYWRITE) allow_write_access(file); @@ -1858,15 +1862,17 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
return addr;
+close_and_free_vma: + if (vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->close) + vma->vm_ops->close(vma); unmap_and_free_vma: vma->vm_file = NULL; fput(file);
/* Undo any partial mapping done by a device driver. */ unmap_region(mm, vma, prev, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end); - if (is_shared_maywrite(vm_flags)) + if (writable_file_mapping) mapping_unmap_writable(file->f_mapping); -allow_write_and_free_vma: if (vm_flags & VM_DENYWRITE) allow_write_access(file); free_vma:
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WARNING: Author mismatch between patch and upstream commit: Backport author: Isaac J. Manjarres isaacmanjarres@google.com Commit author: Lorenzo Stoakes lstoakes@gmail.com
Status in newer kernel trees: 6.15.y | Present (exact SHA1) 6.12.y | Present (exact SHA1) 6.6.y | Not found 6.1.y | Not found 5.15.y | Not found 5.10.y | Not found
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On Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 05:58:05PM -0700, Isaac J. Manjarres wrote:
Lorenzo's series [2] fixed that issue and was merged in kernel version 6.7, but was not backported to older kernels. So, this issue is still present on kernels 5.4, 5.10, 5.15, 6.1, and 6.6.
This series backports Lorenzo's series to the 5.4 kernel.
That's not how this works. First you do 6.6, then 6.1, then 5.15 ...
Otherwise somebody might upgrade from 5.4 to 6.1 and see a regression.
On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 02:27:29AM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
On Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 05:58:05PM -0700, Isaac J. Manjarres wrote:
Lorenzo's series [2] fixed that issue and was merged in kernel version 6.7, but was not backported to older kernels. So, this issue is still present on kernels 5.4, 5.10, 5.15, 6.1, and 6.6.
This series backports Lorenzo's series to the 5.4 kernel.
That's not how this works. First you do 6.6, then 6.1, then 5.15 ...
Hey Matthew,
Thanks for pointing that out. I'm sorry about the confusion. I did prepare backports for the other kernel versions too, and the intent was to send them together. However, my machine only sent the 5.4 version of the patches and not the rest.
I sent the patches for each kernel version and here are the relevant links:
6.6: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250730015152.29758-1-isaacmanjarres@google.com... 6.1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250730015247.30827-1-isaacmanjarres@google.com... 5.15: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250730015337.31730-1-isaacmanjarres@google.com... 5.10: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250730015406.32569-1-isaacmanjarres@google.com...
Otherwise somebody might upgrade from 5.4 to 6.1 and see a regression.
Understood; sorry again for the confusion.
Thanks, Isaac
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