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 E0FE6F7C for ; Fri, 5 Jul 2019 17:10:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from heliosphere.sirena.org.uk (heliosphere.sirena.org.uk [172.104.155.198]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6E2C587B for ; Fri, 5 Jul 2019 17:10:38 +0000 (UTC) Resent-Message-ID: <20190705171035.GD20625@sirena.org.uk> Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2019 17:41:42 +0100 From: Mark Brown To: Sasha Levin Message-ID: <20190705164142.GC20625@sirena.org.uk> References: <20190703013557.GQ11506@sasha-vm> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="FsscpQKzF/jJk6ya" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190703013557.GQ11506@sasha-vm> Cc: ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] stable kernel process automation and improvement List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , --FsscpQKzF/jJk6ya Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Tue, Jul 02, 2019 at 09:35:57PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote: > - Concerns about how well -stable kernels are tested. > - "Fixes for fixes" end up being missed. > - Saner AUTOSEL process. I'm a bit worried about these, especially pushed together - one of the things the AUTOSEL stuff does quite often is pull in driver changes and our coverage of drivers is especially weak. When a person has explicitly flagged something for stable it's a still risky but the automation adds that extra level of uncertainty. --FsscpQKzF/jJk6ya Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAABCgAdFiEEreZoqmdXGLWf4p/qJNaLcl1Uh9AFAl0ffcUACgkQJNaLcl1U h9AJQAf9ECE7j9MUy7ownZPtwh/yl/Lie5OQ09HucdzE74lAEtzeOeicw6UcY1XJ 8mB/BVio3nqWGO89srAhub9ogOJmxz25BEVpW+g6dP/4oEQjFpOSgjoR1UUFnP+u biyXc941MdoqXdtwjfBYOfy85cDYFDPTdj20P8ZsKQpK/6iswC4PDVzUm0fif2CJ fR66mUWNEp0qSRqdoH2cPmzvL6KlAMZYxs4Wx+L73S+akVjQ+PqtIHmh8GYzyCTF 9m7dheiuDfO7FHHWZukcLjVjtyKQIGuzslJOtzXb7y47Mzs93Fmba4q7f3oXX3K3 hi2y/SYNAFw59uOvxWftCS1/Vgm+6g== =ZKU3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FsscpQKzF/jJk6ya--