Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] stable kernel process automation and improvement

Mark Brown
2019-07-05T17:10:38Z

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On Tue, Jul 02, 2019 at 09:35:57PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:

> - Concerns about how well -stable kernels are tested.
> - "Fixes for fixes" end up being missed.
> - Saner AUTOSEL process.

I'm a bit worried about these, especially pushed together - one
of the things the AUTOSEL stuff does quite often is pull in
driver changes and our coverage of drivers is especially weak.
When a person has explicitly flagged something for stable it's a
still risky but the automation adds that extra level of
uncertainty.

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