From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F3F8213B2B8; Thu, 11 Apr 2024 05:29:43 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1712813384; cv=none; b=s0T0A6bhxL3zECxI1rgRDZAceVvgj8DN1oI42mWHjaiGJOQqi0jwCdCkpfoAAwd1DNDlnuA3hvEmwmetIWwyQBpjSj1GvmoTtD5itWMXa9S+dxfC4e3T8FyoIm6WzSqapg74a2ay7f1Q64hRfgAHgHlmVWyrUA2NdGYVr+VDqjo= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1712813384; c=relaxed/simple; bh=PJFU9fR//O/H4jsSHr8vSMOn39s5WbFra4aG/Bbnq80=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=bb0g9DyxC1csToT8muSEApOf1D+TLeJf7x81BjVL7ls2c2Nlko0YS49OgGCw9jpiO8/4yfQCut+6vJOk3u9I85xQGcJWBQIy3LunozR78CDLWQkcoMDAv9DfMQ7x5Ow3TY8RTR37T+cIXHl8G5Z0wfksRIbOYG44iMfuVQ0ujqk= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=Tqo4lJdA; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="Tqo4lJdA" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 04C83C433F1; Thu, 11 Apr 2024 05:29:42 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1712813383; bh=PJFU9fR//O/H4jsSHr8vSMOn39s5WbFra4aG/Bbnq80=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=Tqo4lJdADHrVDb8rDPsCRLz0vWwuoRkfbEjBQXH6q+LyLo8p00O2uCX2uAJ9CX/h5 tS2Me2MKmjFSeo06u900tXsfHggqfVYFoRN20sQIze2aleBcF+IY2cn7ixP953SV1o xgn/kEW35c8EpF+dXmc6UZvdyhkLpE4G44vxOnyk= Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 07:29:40 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Thorsten Leemhuis Cc: Sasha Levin , Jonathan Corbet , stable@vger.kernel.org, workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/4] docs: stable-kernel-rules: mention "no semi-automatic backport" Message-ID: <2024041156-backache-dolly-a420@gregkh> References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: workflows@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 07:25:04AM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > Some developers deliberately steer clear of 'Fixes:' tags to prevent > changes from being backported semi-automatically by the stable team. > That somewhat undermines the reason for the existence of the Fixes: tag, > hence point out there is an alternative to reach the same effect. > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/dfd87673-c581-4b4b-b37a-1cf5c817240d@leemhuis.info/ > Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis > --- > Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst | 6 ++++++ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst > index 7bb16d42a51833..ebd57cb9277f7b 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst > @@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ comment to pass arbitrary or predefined notes: > Note, such tagging is unnecessary if the stable team can derive the > appropriate versions from Fixes: tags. > > + * Prevent semi-automatic backporting of changes carrying a 'Fixes:' tag: > + > + .. code-block:: none > + > + Cc: # no semi-automatic backport I do not understand, why are you saying "cc: stable" here if you do NOT want it backported? And what do you mean by "semi-automatic"? confused, greg k-h