Re: [PATCH v6] mm/hugetlb: ignore hugepage kernel args if hugepages are unsupported

Andrew Morton
2025-12-21T18:49:08Z

On Sun, 21 Dec 2025 10:22:44 +0100 "David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)" <david@kernel.org> wrote:

> >
> > My main concern was -
> > A fixes tag means it might get auto backported to stable kernels too,
>
> Not in the MM world -- IIRC. I think there is the agreement, that we
> decide what should go into stable and what not.
>
> Andrew can correct me if my memory is wrong.

Yes, -stable maintainers have been asked to only backport patches where
the MM developers asked for that, with cc:stable. There may be
slipups, but as far as I know this is working.

I don't actually know how they determine which patches need this
special treatment. Pathname? Signed-off-by:akpm?

> But we can always jump in and say that something should not go to stable
> trees.

Yes, please jump in if there are any thoughts about
ordering/priority/timing. In fact, please jump in if there are any
thoughts at all ;)