On Wed, Aug 05, 2026 at 01:29:28AM -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > for each of these patches: is this a real or a theoretical issue? > stable rules preclude the later kind.
For this virtio_input patch: theoretical for stable. On the failing path, virtio_device_ready() has run, but virtinput_fill_evt() has not, so the event queue still has no buffers. I have no evidence of device DMA into torn-down queues here; the change is lifecycle hygiene matching remove/freeze (clear DRIVER_OK before del_vqs()). I will drop Cc: stable on a v2 and keep the fix for mainline only. I will answer the same question separately on the virtio_pci and virtio_mmio threads. Thanks, Xiong

