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From: "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: "ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org"
	<ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"w@1wt.eu" <w@1wt.eu>
Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] bug-introducing patches
Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 17:13:17 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180504211317.GK29205@thunk.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180504174055.GF4649@kroah.com>

On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 10:40:55AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> Ugh, what?  I don't understand what you are proposing here, what we have
> today is just fine, what is broken with it?

What we have today is this:

     Cc: stable@kernel.org # 3.11
     Cc: stable@kernel.org # 4.8+
     Cc: stable@kernel.org # 4.8+

Jani was suggesting something documented which doesn't match current
practice.  See commit 8e9b9362266d, which describes something like this:

     Cc: <stable@kernel.org> # .32.x: a1f84a3: sched: Check for idle
     Cc: <stable@kernel.org> # .32.x: 1b9508f: sched: Rate-limit newidle
     Cc: <stable@kernel.org> # .32.x: fd21073: sched: Fix affinity logic

... to specify prereqisite commits needed to backport the commit in
question.  I am proposing that we delete what is in
stable_kernel_rules.rst, because it doesn't match with current
practice.

If it is necessary to explicitly specify prerequisites (as opposed to
having scripts or stable maintainers guess or figure things out
manually), then something like this might be better:

Stable-prereq: DEADBEEF1234: subsystem: bork bork bork....

If it's not necessary, fine.  But we should still delete what is
currently documented in stable_kernel_rules and was introduced in
8e9b9362266d, because it doesn't describe current practice.

						- Ted

  reply	other threads:[~2018-05-04 21:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 145+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-05-01 16:38 Sasha Levin
2018-05-01 19:44 ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2018-05-01 20:00   ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-01 20:48     ` Willy Tarreau
2018-05-01 20:42       ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-01 20:54     ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2018-05-01 21:15       ` Mark Brown
2018-05-02  8:11         ` Daniel Vetter
2018-05-02 19:46           ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-03  2:05             ` Mark Brown
2018-05-03  3:10               ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2018-05-03  3:52                 ` Guenter Roeck
2018-05-03 12:03                   ` Greg KH
2018-05-03 22:42                   ` Mark Brown
2018-05-03 23:09                     ` Tony Lindgren
2018-05-04 14:21                       ` Ulf Hansson
2018-05-09  8:44                         ` Mark Brown
2018-05-09  8:47                           ` Daniel Vetter
2018-05-09  8:51                             ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-05-09  9:03                             ` Mark Brown
2018-05-09 10:47                               ` Stephen Rothwell
2018-05-09 10:55                                 ` Vinod Koul
2018-05-09 12:43                                   ` Stephen Rothwell
2018-05-09 12:47                                     ` Vinod Koul
2018-05-15 10:42                                     ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2018-05-15 11:54                                       ` Stephen Rothwell
2018-05-09 14:05                                 ` Mark Brown
2018-05-09 22:09                                   ` Stephen Rothwell
2018-05-10 13:36                                     ` Mark Brown
2018-05-10 22:01                                       ` Stephen Rothwell
2018-05-09 15:57                                 ` Guenter Roeck
2018-05-09 21:45                                   ` Stephen Rothwell
2018-05-09 16:04                                 ` Dan Williams
2018-05-09 21:51                                   ` Stephen Rothwell
2018-05-09 19:35                                 ` Boris Brezillon
2018-05-09 21:58                                   ` Stephen Rothwell
2018-05-10  3:15                                 ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-10 15:57                                 ` Tony Lindgren
2018-05-10 22:05                                   ` Stephen Rothwell
2018-05-11  8:49                                 ` David Sterba
2018-05-12  4:03                                   ` Stephen Rothwell
2018-05-12  4:38                                 ` Stephen Rothwell
2018-05-12 18:34                                   ` Guenter Roeck
2018-05-13 13:53                                   ` Andy Shevchenko
2018-05-14  8:36                                 ` Ulf Hansson
2018-05-14 21:45                                   ` Stephen Rothwell
2018-05-17  5:10                                   ` Mark Brown
2018-05-10 16:03                             ` Jiri Kosina
2018-05-10 16:47                               ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-14  7:53                                 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-05-14  8:00                                   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-05-14  8:12                                     ` Boris Brezillon
2018-05-14  8:29                                       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-05-14  8:34                                         ` Boris Brezillon
2018-05-14  8:40                                           ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-05-14  8:48                                             ` Boris Brezillon
2018-05-14  9:25                                               ` Fengguang Wu
2018-05-11  2:10                               ` Mark Brown
2018-05-08  2:34                       ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-08  3:48                         ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2018-05-08 14:49                           ` Tony Lindgren
2018-05-09  8:13                             ` Mark Brown
2018-05-10 15:36                             ` Tony Lindgren
2018-05-08 20:29                           ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-08 20:40                             ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-05-08 20:55                               ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-08 21:06                                 ` David Lang
2018-05-08 21:43                                   ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-08 21:51                                     ` Dan Williams
2018-05-08 22:41                                     ` James Bottomley
2018-05-08 21:26                                 ` Justin Forbes
2018-05-08 21:08                             ` Ken Moffat
2018-05-09  4:47                             ` Willy Tarreau
2018-05-08 13:58                         ` Justin Forbes
2018-05-08  2:39                     ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-01 22:02       ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-02  4:30         ` Willy Tarreau
2018-05-02 19:42           ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-02 20:02             ` Willy Tarreau
2018-07-14 17:38               ` Pavel Machek
2018-07-14 18:37                 ` Guenter Roeck
2018-07-14 19:47                   ` Pavel Machek
2018-07-14 20:40                     ` Guenter Roeck
2018-07-14 21:09                       ` Pavel Machek
2018-07-15  5:57                         ` Willy Tarreau
2018-07-15  8:54                 ` Greg KH
2018-07-15 14:50                   ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2018-07-15 20:15                   ` Pavel Machek
2018-05-03 11:08       ` Jani Nikula
2018-05-03 14:33         ` James Bottomley
2018-05-03 14:49           ` Willy Tarreau
2018-05-03 15:06             ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-03 15:27               ` James Bottomley
2018-05-03 15:43                 ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-03 17:17                   ` Randy Dunlap
2018-05-03 17:39                     ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-03 18:10                   ` James Bottomley
2018-05-03 15:57                 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-05-03 18:58         ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2018-05-01 23:28     ` Stephen Rothwell
2018-05-01 23:10 ` Stephen Rothwell
2018-05-02 15:32 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-05-02 19:51   ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-02 20:41     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-05-03  0:06       ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2018-05-03  0:38         ` Guenter Roeck
2018-05-03  2:30           ` Willy Tarreau
2018-05-03 14:55           ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-03 15:49             ` Guenter Roeck
2018-05-03 16:02               ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-03 16:50                 ` Justin Forbes
2018-05-03 17:09                 ` Guenter Roeck
2018-05-03 11:48         ` Al Viro
2018-05-03 14:46         ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-03 14:52           ` Willy Tarreau
2018-05-03 15:01             ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-03 16:01               ` Willy Tarreau
2018-05-03 16:15                 ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-03 16:35                   ` Willy Tarreau
2018-05-03 17:29                     ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-03 17:57                       ` Willy Tarreau
2018-05-03 18:12                         ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-03 18:46                           ` Guenter Roeck
2018-05-03 19:03                           ` Willy Tarreau
2018-05-03 16:54           ` Al Viro
2018-05-03 17:34             ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-03 18:20               ` Al Viro
2018-05-03 18:55                 ` Greg KH
2018-05-03 19:14                   ` Willy Tarreau
2018-05-03 19:17                     ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-03 19:04                 ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-04  9:57                 ` David Howells
2018-05-04 12:31                   ` Jani Nikula
2018-05-04 13:09                     ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2018-05-04 17:40                       ` Greg KH
2018-05-04 21:13                         ` Theodore Y. Ts'o [this message]
2018-05-04 21:38                           ` James Bottomley
2018-05-04 21:51                             ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-04 23:35                               ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2018-05-05  4:24                                 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-05-05  5:02                                   ` Eric W. Biederman
2018-05-05 16:37                                     ` Greg KH
2018-05-05  5:27                                 ` Sasha Levin
2018-05-03 11:43       ` Al Viro
2018-05-02 15:32 ` Geert Uytterhoeven

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