From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 26517239594; Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:50:45 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1774529446; cv=none; b=j1PQ9rw05KqhxCHkopGi/6+i6lOKwjeYmmdtQ2uTDNRMd990WNrhTExvE0MxlInWASMWs/s7paBwCLprFjMI/CiGuM//i2264npBG3KyGrB+9/8qn+meUcKD8b5nwUOJffwpZ3sc73HPujlozZRsIpkrw3eSVvnfS86Z+WNcVCc= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1774529446; c=relaxed/simple; bh=fwAwjr3dXkS6nTcvpSDPT+VLAsOlThgKRLjNtbS1y6k=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=qh25mZBSWNIgqk5v/DDZcuMX7bzuz1/i2q7Rt2Qp6ypLOAzawu8VItEF3/xkagSgymnLfNG+nzD2PB2RZqVBsNzN0hsApnQy8HuYC3CyHcrUfmNa6Bv5aKJZCDmAHHNH1VQkULttPJsp1w9TtlL0eavMHnv69Ulxj8eYTOGNRoU= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=tWlmJ3NV; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="tWlmJ3NV" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CBDAAC116C6; Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:50:42 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1774529445; bh=fwAwjr3dXkS6nTcvpSDPT+VLAsOlThgKRLjNtbS1y6k=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=tWlmJ3NVBYQN1DmR0SAmoowJKAPNPmktqBf6kIJYCdRCbtX3MfX1k7QXj22OQ/HJk vVzblWh/h3n7xlVJ6p2mbbKC6dbkQgGeF/DPTYul8tv7bktrv5NwzHH70T10OZr10a ub0W1yKFdXJN8JQKISAIsfVcZJQQ6rAiPDoglXx9qf9yUojaQbPifpPFTAKYKIKBfA W7NOzfqJKi15oT/HGhj+0vAVAuDwjg1Nm2EHiYLbfYqXh0mutwktoXyrN0TEIWzJ7m h354zUlFK2sVrxEzq/r2hmksfDzRBnQtKnb/nvb4cx0UMvHll7RdxI+JLMhr3pUbAH 7/NSKUjmVmbHA== Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:50:40 +0000 From: "Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)" To: Krzysztof Kozlowski Cc: Josh Law , Josh Law , SeongJae Park , Andrew Morton , damon@lists.linux.dev, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds , Kees Cook , Greg KH , "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" , Christian Brauner Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/damon: introduce DAMON-based NUMA memory tiering module Message-ID: <14366e29-4ee2-490e-8e4a-0c5cace1f313@lucifer.local> References: <20260326072737.341964-1-objecting@objecting.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 01:40:19PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > On 26/03/2026 13:29, Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) wrote: > >> > >> Answering to reviewers with whatever confirmation they look for is also > >> a warning sign of non-trustworthy behavior. Or rather behavior trying to > >> get trust. > >> > >> [1] > >> https://lore.kernel.org/all/D47F8215-FD08-45ED-AB01-0A5C48CD41DD@objecting.org/ > >> > >> [2] > >> https://lore.kernel.org/all/2F84DD09-2880-45E0-AA98-204F10848F85@objecting.org/ > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Krzysztof > > > > Yeah this is really adding up to somebody abusing the kernel process. I think > > 'Josh Law' or any other pseudonym that can be traced back to whoever's behind > > this should be banned from the mailing list altogether. > > > > Also, as per Christian ([3]), it seems this guy was using the pseudonym > > "techyguyperplexable". > > Yes, repos on that Github carry commits like: > > commit c04af501bacbef54cf97cdfb904ddf295f8327c1 > Author: techyguyperplexable > AuthorDate: Sun Jan 11 04:21:53 2026 +0530 > Commit: techyguyperplexable > CommitDate: Sun Jan 11 04:21:53 2026 +0530 > > ANDROID: sched/rt: reduce lock hold time in update_curr_rt > > Move resched_curr and do_start_rt_bandwidth outside the spinlock > critical section to reduce lock contention > > Change-Id: I8dfb4e33460ae4eeb0bb854cc2cb084ab5edf7e4 > Signed-off-by: techyguyperplexable > Thanks, it looks pretty clear cut then that 'Josh Law' is an openclaw bot. To think he was scheduled to be added as a reviewer for literally all of lib/ recently (5) until various of us pushed back on it :/ [5]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260308202425.C9EE4C116C6@smtp.kernel.org/ Is it really that easy to game the system?... I hate the asymmetry of this - we have to jump on these every time and they can send WAY more mail than we can reasonably reply to. I think we need a clear 'yeeting' mechanism to block these people on everything once discovered. Sadly the kernel has been historically very poor on getting rid of problem people (The CoC is essentially a swear monitor at this stage). In the face of this new kind of threat we probably need to do a lot better. > > > > There's a github with the same name ([4]), and that same user made a comment on an > > openclaw issue relating to linking it to gemini ([5]). > > > > So it seems likely he/she is likely using openclaw to fully automate this 'Josh > > Law' user and we're speaking to a bot here. > > > > (Screenshots have been taken for the (possibly inevitable) deleting that will > > happen later.) > > > > [3]:https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260313-halskette-annahme-94e782eb4ae4@brauner/ > > [4]:https://github.com/techyguyperplexable > > [5]:https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/44134#issuecomment-4106247302 > > > > Best regards, > Krzysztof Thanks, Lorenzo