Re: [PATCH 6.1.y 6.6.y] netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: restore cloned mapping table memcg accounting

On Tue, Sep 01, 2026 at 12:15:29AM +0100, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:

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Fixes: a4983e89e3b1 ("netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: do not rely on ZERO_SIZE_PTR")
Fixes: 32bad10de347 ("netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: do not rely on ZERO_SIZE_PTR")

This two Fixes: tag do not make any sense to me.

The two Fixes tags are for the two stable branches:

- a4983e89e3b1 is the 6.1.y backport
- 32bad10de347 is the 6.6.y backport

Both backports changed this allocation from GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT back to
GFP_KERNEL, which introduced the regression. The accounting was correct
before these commits.

I used one Fixes tag for each target tree. I am not sure what the usual
preference is here: one common patch with both Fixes tags, or separate
patches for each tree. Which do you prefer?

Thanks,
Karl