From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24667C07E96 for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:47:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kanga.kvack.org (kanga.kvack.org [205.233.56.17]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EF09613D1 for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:47:17 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 8EF09613D1 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=mit.edu Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) id 91EAD8D00D4; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 10:47:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 40) id 8F5528D00CD; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 10:47:17 -0400 (EDT) X-Delivered-To: int-list-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 63042) id 7BF058D00D4; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 10:47:17 -0400 (EDT) X-Delivered-To: linux-mm@kvack.org Received: from forelay.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0100.hostedemail.com [216.40.44.100]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B15A8D00CD for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 10:47:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtpin14.hostedemail.com (10.5.19.251.rfc1918.com [10.5.19.251]) by forelay03.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F2068090A39 for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:47:16 +0000 (UTC) X-FDA: 78365100072.14.8A68AE9 Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (outgoing-auth-1.mit.edu [18.9.28.11]) by imf23.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE766900038C for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:47:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from callcc.thunk.org (96-65-121-81-static.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [96.65.121.81]) (authenticated bits=0) (User authenticated as tytso@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.14.7/8.12.4) with ESMTP id 16FEl3hj017299 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 15 Jul 2021 10:47:04 -0400 Received: by callcc.thunk.org (Postfix, from userid 15806) id C6F574202F5; Thu, 15 Jul 2021 10:47:02 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2021 10:47:02 -0400 From: "Theodore Y. Ts'o" To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Sasha Levin , Andrew Morton , Michal Hocko , Hugh Dickins , Linus Torvalds , Mike Kravetz , Miaohe Lin , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linux MM , stable Subject: Re: 5.13.2-rc and others have many not for stable Message-ID: References: <2b1b798e-8449-11e-e2a1-daf6a341409b@google.com> <20210713182813.2fdd57075a732c229f901140@linux-foundation.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Authentication-Results: imf23.hostedemail.com; dkim=none; spf=none (imf23.hostedemail.com: domain of tytso@mit.edu has no SPF policy when checking 18.9.28.11) smtp.mailfrom=tytso@mit.edu; dmarc=none X-Rspamd-Server: rspam02 X-Stat-Signature: 1n4brqx9d7fianf8bnhfm9x8zw9ypz4p X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: CE766900038C X-HE-Tag: 1626360435-649547 X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 11:01:04AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > Because cc: stable came first, and for some reason people think that it > > is all that is necessary to get patches committed to the stable tree, > > despite it never being documented or that way. I have to correct > > someone about this about 2x a month on the stable@vger list. > > For a developer, it's much easier to not care about "Cc: stable" > at all, because as soon as you add a "Cc: stable" to a patch, or CC > stable, someone will compain ;-) Much easier to just add a Fixes: tag, > and know it will be backported to trees that have the "buggy" commit. What sort of complaints have you gotten? I add "cc: stable" for the ext4 tree, and I can't say I've gotten any complaints. - Ted