From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.7 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADAE5C11F67 for ; Wed, 14 Jul 2021 13:52:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kanga.kvack.org (kanga.kvack.org [205.233.56.17]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AC8F613BE for ; Wed, 14 Jul 2021 13:52:57 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 4AC8F613BE Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) id 7D8396B0036; Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:52:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 40) id 788AA6B0071; Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:52:57 -0400 (EDT) X-Delivered-To: int-list-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 63042) id 628F56B0083; Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:52:57 -0400 (EDT) X-Delivered-To: linux-mm@kvack.org Received: from forelay.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0246.hostedemail.com [216.40.44.246]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F30D6B0036 for ; Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:52:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtpin37.hostedemail.com (10.5.19.251.rfc1918.com [10.5.19.251]) by forelay02.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D3B22FD8F for ; Wed, 14 Jul 2021 13:52:56 +0000 (UTC) X-FDA: 78361334352.37.A113B89 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by imf26.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C372420019E8 for ; Wed, 14 Jul 2021 13:52:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B47E661374; Wed, 14 Jul 2021 13:52:54 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1626270774; bh=OycTVQYaz4qZE3b0K8hY2CwdLFbGN3IgcJG4GWpdzyw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=iV9fmieb2VM6vRI2wSniHEk9q3GJYCB2uB0EWs83aHFRQGCWJouajGxtVfuu/jx1T 66DGdvNcbEzrQ3489b3pe5ZhQzvkHzYmaXVqryeeoGn1YXOi0UkpPwmkS47Z5HRznp DMDF7QwOAWnrI5KtkccuaM8sFPhyX0nmVL3at+OFqA5xl266UKbGE3HgWChEbpdinT oSM+/AoXxNlpt+3YZcbF7oNb8hWeyOItqWfVe5UbvD07VEXJwSMMbR28PCyWWekTtt bmT+IKyL7gLeJlDVYsON42sVtgnyRgcvHQtMWxgnwtIaHa66Fjq745Gz+5c8jowNt+ stq9sP+2BngrQ== Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:52:53 -0400 From: Sasha Levin To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Andrew Morton , Michal Hocko , Hugh Dickins , Linus Torvalds , Mike Kravetz , Miaohe Lin , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 5.13.2-rc and others have many not for stable Message-ID: References: <2b1b798e-8449-11e-e2a1-daf6a341409b@google.com> <20210713182813.2fdd57075a732c229f901140@linux-foundation.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Authentication-Results: imf26.hostedemail.com; dkim=pass header.d=kernel.org header.s=k20201202 header.b=iV9fmieb; spf=pass (imf26.hostedemail.com: domain of sashal@kernel.org designates 198.145.29.99 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=sashal@kernel.org; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=kernel.org X-Stat-Signature: z4dcyodf5u1e9c1t7hg3e35hd8am5sjm X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: C372420019E8 X-Rspamd-Server: rspam01 X-HE-Tag: 1626270775-775642 X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 11:18:14AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: >On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 06:28:13PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: >> Alternatively I could just invent a new tag to replace the "Fixes:" >> ("Fixes-no-backport?") to be used on patches which fix a known previous >> commit but which we don't want backported. > >No please, that's not needed, I'll just ignore these types of patches >now, and will go drop these from the queues. > >Sasha, can you also add these to your "do not apply" script as well? Sure, but I don't see how this is viable in the long term. Look at distros that don't follow LTS trees and cherry pick only important fixes, and see how many of those don't have a stable@ tag. -- Thanks, Sasha