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 9DBF514AA3; Mon, 29 Apr 2024 07:51:43 +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=1714377103; cv=none; b=UacXx7Q/r5HLjexo0hTQYKfHvExqDrDd/uTCY/rEFspemZYrjlinGNGZMEKhNmXR0ZNbTw32jW0LOVhGjJkfADpFqa0qVBFj8/YKii5G2OZsTB1kK/N7mxkFsVmtDHzHsDHy+BdKrin/NUIqzIfgTlcGjlTq6npmpsFy8hdwkxE= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1714377103; c=relaxed/simple; bh=xp1MqptAb4gk4u0qt7wVJibOwKdhPFQMAPrlbTDArvw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=utijv4bKhL5d9sdI0NmPzzniMLqCbokQF8Un7Gc6egJPxL7hS1chGcV/wxcEFbBsrgHTVTpwJrFHv8UtbKISCK12mJUhy2akucFwKUI17Y+Mt/YwwPDwqONRTU0iFynZfHx306dThL5IZLjw0Cg5b/62lC8/YpSxh+nLkbuP608= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=fWgtLpMB; 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="fWgtLpMB" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C890AC113CD; Mon, 29 Apr 2024 07:51:42 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1714377103; bh=xp1MqptAb4gk4u0qt7wVJibOwKdhPFQMAPrlbTDArvw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=fWgtLpMBpQoMdaRdU/8FfIbs9vPp0v81fsIp0nrwxg/aLfIg80ZSEX/UtNqotnhEw TlhB0C88NSYB7Df9hCM5oA8q+pHQE5GVuEpysM0O/gIF+xO6JNnzsdEjgnseonhHJ9 DmQ+S9AG1IKKznQZPbKgKMQF2FI9iokRWrtv00TU= Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 09:51:40 +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 v2 5/5] docs: stable-kernel-rules: create special tag to flag 'no backporting' Message-ID: <2024042914-bleep-imbecile-5f68@gregkh> References: <35989d3b2f3f8cf23828b0c84fde9b17a74be97c.1714367921.git.linux@leemhuis.info> 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: <35989d3b2f3f8cf23828b0c84fde9b17a74be97c.1714367921.git.linux@leemhuis.info> On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 09:18:30AM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > Document a new variant of the stable tag developers can use to make the > stable team's tools ignore a change[1]. > > That way developers can use 'Fixes:' tags without fearing the changes > might be backported in semi-automatic fashion. Such concerns are the > reason why some developers deliberately omit the 'Fixes:' tag in > changes[2] -- which somewhat undermines the reason for the existence of > that tag and might be unwise in the long term[3]. > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/b452fd54-fdc6-47e4-8c26-6627f6b7eff3@leemhuis.info/ [1] > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1712226175.git.antony.antony@secunet.com/ [2] > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/dfd87673-c581-4b4b-b37a-1cf5c817240d@leemhuis.info/ [3] > Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis > > --- > > A patch to make one of the stable-script honor the flag can be found in > https://lore.kernel.org/all/655ce2a3-eb04-4ade-999e-23fc5dc5fb3a@leemhuis.info/ > > For autosel I was unable to locate the code. > --- > 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 ebf4152659f2d0..9ca8083b41c7f1 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst > @@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ comment to pass arbitrary or predefined notes: > > Cc: # see patch description, needs adjustments for <= 6.3 > > +There furthermore is a variant of the stable tag you can use to make the stable > +team's backporting tools (e.g AUTOSEL or scripts that look for commits > +containing a 'Fixes:' tag) ignore a change:: > + > + Cc: # reason goes here, and must be present > + > .. _option_2: > Thanks for seeing this through: Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman