From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:55676 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728535AbgJGOCS (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Oct 2020 10:02:18 -0400 Received: from mail-il1-x141.google.com (mail-il1-x141.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::141]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 96337C0613D2 for ; Wed, 7 Oct 2020 07:02:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-il1-x141.google.com with SMTP id q7so2349890ile.8 for ; Wed, 07 Oct 2020 07:02:16 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [PATCH] partitions/ibm: fix non-DASD devices References: <20201007124009.1438269-1-hch@lst.de> <20201007135411.GA1000@lst.de> <874c518d-7c15-d08a-61a2-116f605c4b5a@kernel.dk> <20201007140109.GA1042@lst.de> From: Jens Axboe Message-ID: <55d92fb3-acd7-d62c-093b-4f716d98ac52@kernel.dk> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2020 08:02:13 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20201007140109.GA1042@lst.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-ID: To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org, sth@linux.ibm.com, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, Christian Borntraeger On 10/7/20 8:01 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Wed, Oct 07, 2020 at 07:54:45AM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote: >> On 10/7/20 7:54 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: >>> On Wed, Oct 07, 2020 at 07:53:27AM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote: >>>> On 10/7/20 6:40 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: >>>>> Don't error out if the dasd_biodasdinfo symbol is not available. >>>> >>>> Should this be marked for 5.8-stable? >>> >>> The Fixes tag should automatically take care of that. >> >> Not if it's not marked for stable. Maybe auto-selection will pick it >> up, but it's not a given. > > Yes, trivial patches with a fixes tag get reliably picked out. But > if you don't trust the system feel free to add a stable tag. I prefer being explicit instead of assuming it'll get picked up. I applied it for 5.9, added the tag. -- Jens Axboe