From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49B887AA for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2016 15:34:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mezzanine.sirena.org.uk (mezzanine.sirena.org.uk [106.187.55.193]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D1E84239 for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2016 15:34:14 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 16:34:00 +0100 From: Mark Brown To: Jani Nikula Message-ID: <20160802153400.GD10376@sirena.org.uk> References: <1468115770.2333.15.camel@HansenPartnership.com> <146834264.pgPOSbOmkO@vostro.rjw.lan> <1468119600.19833.9.camel@HansenPartnership.com> <871t27s1i8.fsf@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="xd7ZVmXU2EjaW0+X" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <871t27s1i8.fsf@intel.com> Cc: James Bottomley , Trond Myklebust , ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] stable workflow List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , --xd7ZVmXU2EjaW0+X Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 05:12:47PM +0300, Jani Nikula wrote: > Generally adding cc: stable is like, this is clearly a fix to a bug that > is present in stable kernels, and the bug should be fixed, but I have no > idea nor resources to review or test if this is the right fix across all > stable kernels. You end up relying on your gut feeling too much to be > comfortable. You have to make the call too early in the process. I think the problems here are more in the process of how things go from being tagged stable to appearing in a stable release - the QA or lack thereof and so on. While I do share some of your misgivings here I do also really like the fact that it's really easy for people to push things out for the attention of those working on backports. It's essentially the same as the question I often find myself asking people who don't upstream - "why would this fix not benefit other users?". --xd7ZVmXU2EjaW0+X Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJXoL1nAAoJECTWi3JdVIfQUOAH/1ZbMrkHr2LEtiHaPpYx5nHD d8+1iJHmkud+hYPZGT4bQgAGLGVvqQYnkhogw7e1lA9jYBZLVltzNvvWKq6nXlpt ZneSL5LwKlanDYmHsFGzua5HddCuypGL0oPJEqgwluE/Q0CTAyeTDdPZvgFfGdVk 1n+cFRirvRBXVMcbff8t1oW3S0kvGSXKimpKqkTMPUAlVnji4b7yBadqh2FP1uG3 FKWBlqXEAPMkWIb8M4jlPKifiO7D6XZQufsKr3FxaQAV/lFDzHjSQVkecPFqK3kh uhxF9yyA12VJV9cZEFFfEb74q+PyMw3LI4SX1Tz38i+uOCtIkco36fZFGMF3PX8= =8nzK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --xd7ZVmXU2EjaW0+X--