Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] fix unexpected type conversions and potential overflows

Andrew Morton
2026-03-26T00:28:26Z

On Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:57:16 -0700 Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> I'm inclined to mark this "don't care". But if we decide to backport
> [2/4] ("to prevent potential overflow issues") then we might have a
> problem.
>
> Also, if some downstream person decides to backport [2/4] into their
> kernel without [4/4] then they'll have a bad day.
>
> So perhaps this issue should be addressed within [2/4]?

Actually I can trivially do this locally if you like - just turn [4/4]
into a -fix patch against [2/4], squash them together later on.

Please lmk if you'd like me to do that.