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Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2026 21:49:00 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: "# 6 . 14 . x" <stable@vger.kernel.org>, damon@lists.linux.dev,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] samples/damon: handle damon_{start,stop}() failures
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On Sun, 28 Jun 2026 14:54:39 -0700 SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> wrote:

> All DAMON sample modules are not correctly handling failures from
> damon_start().  Among those, mtier also has an additional problem for
> handling of damon_stop() failures.  wsse and prcl also have a problem in
> their damon_call() failure handling.  As a result, memory leaks, next
> DAMON operation disruptions, and use-after-free can happen.  Fix those.
> 
> Note that only the damon_start() failure caused issues can reliably be
> reproduced.  Reproducing those issues require the admin permission,
> though.

So it doesn't seem that we need to fast-track all this into 7.2-rcX?