Re: [PATCH 7.2 000/243] 7.2.13-rc2 review

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Sun, Oct 25, 2026 at 05:12:48AM -0700, Ron Economos wrote:
> On 10/23/26 23:59, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 7.2.13 release.
> > There are 243 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> > to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> > let me know.
> > 
> > Responses should be made by Mon, 26 Oct 2026 06:46:54 +0000.
> > Anything received after that time might be too late.
> > 
> > The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
> > 	https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v7.x/stable-review/patch-7.2.13-rc2.gz
> > or in the git tree and branch at:
> > 	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-7.2.y
> > and the diffstat can be found below.
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> Upon further inspection, I've found a dmesg regression:
> 
> Oct 25 04:01:40 riscv64 kernel: faux_driver regulatory: Direct firmware load for regulatory.db failed with error -2
> 
> Unfortunately, the bisect fails to boot on the very last step. But it's
> either commit "fs: stop sharing fs_struct between init_task and pid 1" or
> commit "fs: add umh argument to struct kernel_clone_args".
> 
> Note that in the commit message of "fs: let idle threads share init_fs" it
> states "Note that kernels before 7.3 need a different backport.". I'm
> guessing all the fs: patches from Christian Brauner should be dropped.
> 
> git bisect start
> # status: waiting for both good and bad commits
> # bad: [7694d244b4f8a6e187060f1f66cc734f5ed16d7b] Linux 7.2.13-rc2
> git bisect bad 7694d244b4f8a6e187060f1f66cc734f5ed16d7b
> # status: waiting for good commit(s), bad commit known
> # good: [cc9de5d4b5ab6459f5774946aa3195ad51236fa8] Linux 7.2.12
> git bisect good cc9de5d4b5ab6459f5774946aa3195ad51236fa8
> # bad: [fa9a1ea1fe845ef8d55048bec58f0c1914f98190] lib/crypto: arm64: Fix lost Poly1305 carry when resuming NEON state
> git bisect bad fa9a1ea1fe845ef8d55048bec58f0c1914f98190
> # good: [8e0e8f6a2381e3a945953f522af34add71424c89] fs: notice when init abandons fs sharing
> git bisect good 8e0e8f6a2381e3a945953f522af34add71424c89
> # bad: [77d6387712803b293c9735c1511a70d38d746590] ring-buffer: Use subbuf_order in available memory estimation
> git bisect bad 77d6387712803b293c9735c1511a70d38d746590
> # bad: [25afd3de9842d1c1f2c443fb673bf9dabd2e5ea3] net: hisilicon: hisi_femac: Move setting of netops to fix crash
> git bisect bad 25afd3de9842d1c1f2c443fb673bf9dabd2e5ea3
> # bad: [fc4fb8a05292c20b1f7cdc310e10dad30da3ccdc] fs: let idle threads share init_fs
> git bisect bad fc4fb8a05292c20b1f7cdc310e10dad30da3ccdc
> # good: [7af0a9a193154ea8818b1d46930646d94818fbc2] fs: make userspace_init_fs a dynamically-initialized pointer
> git bisect good 7af0a9a193154ea8818b1d46930646d94818fbc2
> # bad: [14ec8230d78887f5018867013520f05e212aa701] fs: stop sharing fs_struct between init_task and pid 1
> git bisect bad 14ec8230d78887f5018867013520f05e212aa701
> 

Thanks, will push out a -rc3 soon with these dropped.

greg k-h