From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (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 94C114A5EB1; Wed, 2 Sep 2026 16:22:51 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1788366172; cv=none; b=E+eeX7pwx6clAdVc3MqbsBgcMlSGcKIktRmvhExhr7hkzQs728K9cXH11tASZrfNWw5eMs2pB/erwYjQUxcEs/ZnYz5N+b44qPDc9uMT8tbbxekEIBWdzX+1RkcqUqAhoz3MRugMwvcPmsseMXeDAzcw0b89euDBIjg5d0hnf00= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1788366172; c=relaxed/simple; bh=/NSNlk8CYM1sowJ9sGx64hIZA1Z8hypkSJpOPaK89jk=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=tlxMzDkLCovV7Q+TB/ZNz/q9gQbBakaHxe237MYohkKEVzPuD5ewrqKtO7jK9gB09vVdq+K50OixST4JlI8nkMB8GMngFYKvIZC63FFwI32fTGurEfJNbjUvlTlkK3rMPfx0TCj79rPBNz+YcFwy3PKeKXH+2LT/kIufbWdNoxE= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=GpY6R44M; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="GpY6R44M" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 589F91F00A3A; Wed, 2 Sep 2026 16:22:49 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1788366171; bh=96LuoZFEU9IQ/+SufORbkPGVMLYFD8TLgV1+4zgBKzM=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=GpY6R44MYFIXOoc3IW8hfnqcZ+mFVomt41Q2nPT/kqSu1eQ35GgRx/eo0vtUKetkX 0VJdYC9K1OG21cXZ4S4bmMStxzaQKtSmsjOemFtL7VEI5VQA/LOJmdsvUPxlyq8A7s 3nBZFqyho1iW9r7Rq7kV8RFYXVMii+HLMIuaQTbyMbVUIhZjhSrIr1gg4PDgg92w+8 9tW1t4YlwOqWlL5TsmfABQoQsgQWn0VewNpdGjlXF68PjiCOBW9vFdX4Q+h7arShDg gjPq7OstF0VJSthp5AHi3ppM0Pphg4HX8Q1POaFB4SIEv1ahwf0SQQCjhiRlidwfxr 1xPeMH+kVeIEw== Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 17:22:46 +0100 From: Lee Jones To: Steven Rostedt Cc: Greg KH , Vincent Donnefort , stable@vger.kernel.org, mhiramat@kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com, kernel-team@android.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: STABLE REQ: [PATCH v5 06/10] tracing: Fix subbuf resize races with trace_pipe_raw readers Message-ID: <20260902162246.GC2133376@google.com> References: <20260813131152.3589632-7-vdonnefort@google.com> <20260901123444.GA1350131@google.com> <20260901094656.487b278f@gandalf.local.home> <20260902082717.GM2943942@google.com> <2026090230-entryway-acquaint-d12e@gregkh> <20260902095744.GN2943942@google.com> <2026090221-riverbank-overlay-704c@gregkh> <20260902115944.GS2943942@google.com> <20260902082141.00583dfc@gandalf.local.home> <20260902082550.4644fe91@gandalf.local.home> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-trace-kernel@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: <20260902082550.4644fe91@gandalf.local.home> On Wed, 02 Sep 2026, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Wed, 2 Sep 2026 08:21:41 -0400 > Steven Rostedt wrote: > > > There's even been times that I *removed* a Cc to stable because I did not > > think it was worth the backport. Of course, I still keep the Fixes tag, > > which means it will likely be backported anyway. But that's up to the > > stable maintainers to decide ;-) Pretty sure this isn't the case anymore. RIP AUTOSEL. > The big difference between a commit with the Fixes tag and a Cc to stable > verses one with the Fixes tag without the Cc stable, is that the one with > Cc stable will give me a "FAILED" message if it fails to apply. One with > just the Fixes tag and no Cc stable, will not generate that message to me > if it doesn't apply back to the version with the Fixes commit sha. So what happens when you receive the FAILED message? And why are you interested to know how far back a fix can be backported? Personally, I'm _very_ interested in a _small_ number of patches, but none of which usually emanate from subsystems I maintain. > I do like to know what I marked as stable and fails to apply. Unfortunately > I don't have the time to go fix them. But I keep them in a mail folder in > case I need to do it one day. We have have such wonderful aspirations. Maybe we can get around to those jobs when AI starts doing our jobs for us! =;-) -- Lee Jones