Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.14 015/161] printk: Add console owner and waiter logic to load balance console writes

[Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>]

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On Mon 2018-04-16 16:45:16, Sasha Levin wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 06:42:30PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> >On Mon 2018-04-16 16:39:20, Sasha Levin wrote:
> >> On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 06:28:50PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> >> Is there a reason not to take LED fixes if they fix a bug and don't
> >> >> >> cause a regression? Sure, we can draw some arbitrary line, maybe
> >> >> >> designate some subsystems that are more "important" than others, but
> >> >> >> what's the point?
> >> >> >
> >> >> >There's a tradeoff.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >You want to fix serious bugs in stable, and you really don't want
> >> >> >regressions in stable. And ... stable not having 1000s of patches
> >> >> >would be nice, too.
> >> >>
> >> >> I don't think we should use a number cap here, but rather look at the
> >> >> regression rate: how many patches broke something?
> >> >>
> >> >> Since the rate we're seeing now with AUTOSEL is similar to what we were
> >> >> seeing before AUTOSEL, what's the problem it's causing?
> >> >
> >> >Regression rate should not be the only criteria.
> >> >
> >> >More patches mean bigger chance customer's patches will have a
> >> >conflict with something in -stable, for example.
> >>
> >> Out of tree patches can't be a consideration here. There are no
> >> guarantees for out of tree code, ever.
> >
> >Out of tree code is not consideration for mainline, agreed. Stable
> >should be different.
> 
> This is a discussion we could have with in right forum, but FYI stable
> doesn't even guarantee KABI compatibility between minor versions at this
> point.

Stable should be useful base for distributions. They carry out of tree
patches, and yes, you should try to make their lives easy.

									Pavel
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