Re: [PATCH v1 4/6] docs: 6.Followthrough.rst: tags to use in regressions fixes

[Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>]

On 13.12.24 17:24, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> writes:
> [...]
>> diff --git a/Documentation/process/6.Followthrough.rst b/Documentation/process/6.Followthrough.rst
>> index 763a80d21240f0..2ba16a71aba9b4 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/process/6.Followthrough.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/process/6.Followthrough.rst
>> @@ -234,6 +234,22 @@ On procedure:
>>     requests again should ideally come directly from maintainers or happen in
>>     accordance with them.
> [...]
>> + - Did the culprit make it into a proper mainline release during the past
>> +   twelve months? Or is it a recent mainline commit backported to stable or
>> +   longterm releases in the past few weeks? Then you are kindly asked to ensure
>> +   stable inclusion as described by Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst.
>> +   Usually you want to realized thos by adding a "Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org" to
> 
> Something went a bit astray in that sentence.  "you want to do this" ?

Uhhps, yeah, went with 'Many developers realize this by adding a "Cc:
stable@vger.kernel.org" to the patch description.'. That also leaves...

>> +   the patch description.  Note, a "Fixes:" tag alone does not guarantee a
>> +   backport, as the stable team does not pick up all such changes and might
>> +   silently drop them in case trouble arises.
> 
> In the past we have had subsystem maintainers who didn't want people to
> put CC: stable tags into their own patches; not sure if that's still the case?

...it somewhat open for such subsystems, if there still are any.

Ciao, Thorsten