Re: [PATCH 6.12 0000/1202] 6.12.97-rc2 review

Thorsten Leemhuis <[email protected]> Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:38:54 +0200
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.regressions,dev.linux.lists.patches,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.stable
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On 7/24/26 08:19, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2026 at 04:17:55PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2026 at 04:31:38PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>>> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.12.97 release.
>>> There are 1202 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
>>> to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
>>> let me know.
>>
>> I'm seeing a regression in the proc read kselftest which bisects to
>> "proc: protect ptrace_may_access() with exec_update_lock (part 1)":
> # selftests: proc: read
> [  167.845745] ICMPv6: process `read' is using deprecated sysctl (syscall) net.ipv6.neigh.default.base_reachable_time - use net.ipv6.neigh.default.base_reachable_time_ms instead
> [...]>> Full log:
>>
>>    https://lava.sirena.org.uk/scheduler/job/3014030#L10663
> 
> Odd, and this is not regressing in Linus's tree as well?  Did we miss
> something that is needed here that mainline has?
Mark, is this maybe the same as:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/

A fix for it is here:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/

It looks like it fell through the cracks for 2 weeks, but I prodded
there two days ago and Christian since then picked the fix up (and I
guess will send it to Linus soon).

Ciao, Thorsten