Re: [v3 1/3] mm/damon/sysfs: fix param_ctx leak on damon_sysfs_new_test_ctx() failure

[Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>]

On 24 March 2026 00:14:59 GMT, SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> wrote:
>On Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:48:19 +0000 Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org> wrote:
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>> Also, unconnected to our topic!
>> 
>> 
>> I've tried to backport Damon to 4.19 (for a personal android thing, and failed! Of course)
>> 
>> Can I have a bit of help if that's fine with you? The tree is based on GitHub a bit
>
>Sure, I will be happy to help as much as I can without burning myself ;)
>
>Seems [1] Alma Linux has backported DAMON on their 4.18 kernel.  Maybe you can
>try their port first?
>
>Also, what is the oldest kernel that you have to use?  As newer it is, the
>backporting will be easier.  When I was in AWS, I backported DAMON of v6.7 on
>the v5.10 based Amazon Linux kernel, and the source is available on GitHub.  So
>if you can use 5.10 based kernel, using that could also be a good option.
>
>[1] https://oracle.github.io/kconfigs/?config=UTS_RELEASE&config=DAMON
>
>
>Thanks,
>SJ
>
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well android likes using old kernels for some reasons, especially LTS, so 4.19..

V/R


Josh Law