From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758254Ab0CaVy1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:54:27 -0400 Received: from bld-mail13.adl6.internode.on.net ([150.101.137.98]:56028 "EHLO mail.internode.on.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754872Ab0CaVyZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:54:25 -0400 Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 08:53:32 +1100 From: Dave Chinner To: Greg KH Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org, stable-review@kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk Subject: Re: 4 stable kernel review cycles starting Message-ID: <20100331215332.GH7671@dastard> References: <20100330230338.GA28642@kroah.com> <20100331044445.GU3335@dastard> <20100331173831.GA9180@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100331173831.GA9180@suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:38:31AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 03:44:45PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 04:03:38PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Well, I up and moved cities and caused a bunch of stable patches to be > > > backlogged. I've caught up with all of the ones that were marked as > > > being wished to be applied to the stable trees, and still have a bunch > > > of pending requests still queued up in my mailbox. > > > > > > But, due to the number of the current patches already applied, it is > > > time to just let these go and work on the other pending stuff after > > > this. > > > > Greg, I send a series of 19 patches for XFS updates to stable@kernel.org > > back on the 12th March for 2.6.32 (subject was "[PATCH 0/19] xfs: > > 2.6.32.y stable tree updates"). > > > > The patches were cc'd to the XFS list and they made it there: > > > > http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2010-03/msg00125.html > > > > so I'm wondering if you've got them queued up or not or whether > > I need to resend them to you.... > > > > > So don't worry, if anyone has asked for some patches to be applied to > > > some stable trees, and you don't see it here, just give it some time, > > > I'm still catching up on things (hey, I'm just happy I have an internet > > > connection again...) > > > > I sent these prior to the last stable release that had this same > > comment, so I didn't get worried that they had been missed. Now they > > are missing from the next stable release, I'm getting worried. :/ > > Yes, they are still in my "to-apply" queue. I also have a series of > ext4 and kvm patches as well as a mess of wireless patches to wade > through, so you are in good company. Ok, I just wanted to make sure they were in the queue and not some bit bucket somewhere. > The issue is that applying individual patches like this is more > "difficult" than just handling patches that are already marked in > Linus's kernel tree as to be added to the stable queues. So it > takes a bit more time and effort to get to those patches, while > still keeping up with the series like you, and other developers, > sent. Understood. Would providing a git tree to pull from for large series like the XFS one make this easier for you in future? I can do that bit of extra work if that makes things easier for you... Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@fromorbit.com