Re: [PATCH 6.12 541/602] bpf: Refactor {acquire,release}_reference_state

Hi Sasha,

On 02/08/26 8:45 am, Sasha Levin wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 01, 2026 at 11:34:53PM +0530, Harshit Mogalapalli wrote:
>> So 769b0f1c8214 is recorded as present although its semantics are
>> absent, while 201b62ccc831 is split across two differently attributed
>> commits.
> 
> Confirmed, and thanks for chasing this down - your reading of it is
> correct.
> 
>> Maybe we could be replacing 76344b7301ce plus 4ee2d0ce3e82 with one
>> correctly attributed adapted backport of 201b62ccc831 before
>> 6261a33d665b.
> 
> For now I've dropped all three from the 6.12 queue:
> 
>    - bpf: Refactor {acquire,release}_reference_state (769b0f1c8214)
>    - bpf: Refactor check_ctx_access() (201b62ccc831)
>    - bpf: Reset register bounds before narrowing retval range in
>      check_mem_access() (5e0b273e0a62)
> 
> I'll requeue the fix next cycle with a corrected dependency set.
> 

Thanks again, that plan looks good to me.

regards,
Harshit