Re: Bug 220102 - struct taskstats breaks backward compatibility since version 15

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Sat May 10 2025 - 16:23:26 EST


On Sat, 10 May 2025 14:45:31 +0300 Boian Bonev <bbonev@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, 2025-05-09 at 14:17 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Yes, please send along the patch.  Include the suitable Fixes: and we
> > can backport this into the affected -stable kernels.
> >
> > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220102
>
> My patch was attached in the bugzilla above.

We barely use bugzilla at all for kernel development. I think I wish
that kernel bugzilla was simply shut down, replaced with a page to help
people to email their bug reports.

> I also see that Wang Yaxin
> <wang.yaxin@xxxxxxxxxx> has already sent a different but working
> patch...

Cool. Except I cannot find that patch. Help?