On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 11:10 PM Deepak Gupta [off-list ref] wrote:

Hi Paul,

I have a bugfix for a bug reported by Jesse Huang (thanks Jesse) in riscv
implementation of `map_shadow_stack`.

Should I send a new series or only the bugfix-patch for implementation
of `map_shadow_stack`

Hi Deepak,
Not sure if I missed the bugfix patch, I couldn't find it on the
mailing list. Could I know have you submitted it? If so, could you
please point me where the patch is?
Thanks

Let me know. Thanks.

-Deepak

-Deepak



On Fri, Dec 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM Deepak Gupta [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

On Fri, Dec 12, 2025 at 01:30:29AM -0700, Paul Walmsley wrote:

quoted

On Thu, 11 Dec 2025, Deepak Gupta via B4 Relay wrote:

quoted

v26: CONFIG_RISCV_USER_CFI depends on CONFIG_MMU (dependency of shadow stack
on MMU). Used b4 to pick tags, apparantly it messed up some tag picks. Fixing it

Deepak: I'm now (at least) the third person to tell you to stop resending
this entire series over and over again.

To be very honest I also feel very bad doing and DOSing the lists. Sorry to you
and everyone else.

But I have been sitting on this patch series for last 3-4 merge windows with
patches being exactly same/similar. So I have been a little more than desperate
to get it in.

I really haven't had any meaningful feedback on patch series except stalling
just before each merge window for reasons which really shouldn't stall its
merge. Sure that's the nature of open source development and it's maintainer's
call at the end of the day. And I am new to this. I'll improve.

quoted

First, a modified version of the CFI v23 series was ALREADY SITTING IN
LINUX-NEXT.  So there's no reason you should be resending the entire
series, UNLESS your intention for me is to drop the entire existing series
and wait for another merge window.

Second: when someone asks you questions about an individual patch, and you
want to answer those questions, it's NOT GOOD for you to resend the entire
28 series as the response!  You are DDOSing a bunch of lists and E-mail
inboxes.  Just answer the question in a single E-mail.  If you want to
update a single patch, just send that one patch.

Noted. I wasn't sure about it. I'll explicitly ask next time if you want me to
send another one.

quoted

If you don't start paying attention to these rules then people are going
to start ignoring you -- at best! -- and it's going to give the entire
community a bad reputation.

Even before this, this patch series has been ignored largely. I don't know
how to get attention. All I wanted was either feedback or get it in. And as I
said I've been desparate to get it in. Also as I said, I'll improve.

quoted

Please acknowledge that you understand this,

ACKed.

quoted

- Paul