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  Msg # 322 of 1332 on ZZLI4424, Friday 9-18-25, 1:17  
  From: CHRISTOPH ANTON MITTERER  
  To: ALL  
  Subj: Bug#1115002: linux: "serious breakage" i  
 XPost: linux.debian.bugs.dist 
 From: calestyo@scientia.org 
  
 On Wed, 2025-09-17 at 23:50 +0200, Uwe Kleine-K€€nig wrote: 
 > My interpretation is that 2640e819474f (i.e. a commit not present in 
 > the 
 > Debian kernels yet) is needed to make this problem considerably more 
 > likely to occur. So I'd expect that yes 6.16 has a problem, but it 
 > doesn't trigger often. 
  
 Well I can't judge that. I've been running since you guys uploaded 6.16 
 to sid wiht that... and at least haven't noticed any breakage. 
  
 But if someone's writing his thesis and picks that 1 in 10000 chance 
 where it even hits there, he might not be pleased. ;-) 
  
  
 > Applying a commit fast to the Debian kernel also has the downside to 
 > skip over a maturation process. While I would consider Rafael's 
 > judgement a strong hint and the patch simple enough to consider the 
 > change safe enough, there is a good reason the Greg Kroah-Hartman 
 > sends 
 > out the patches he queued for the upcoming stable release to the 
 > mailing 
 > list. There is an armada of people and bots that review and do build 
 > and 
 > runtime tests that is very valuable. 
  
 Sure :-) 
 Good enough for me. As said I merely meant this as a heads up so that 
 the kernel team can judge whether it's worth the risks to cherry pick 
 or not. 
  
 Thanks, 
 Chris. 
  
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