Hi Jeff,

On 2026-02-24T13:34:57-0800, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> On 2/24/2026 1:27 PM, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> > Hi Jeff,
> > 
> > On 2026-02-24T10:45:02-0800, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> >> On 2/23/2026 7:17 AM, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote:
> >>> Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> writes:
> >>>
> >>>> This only worked by chance, because all callers of this macro used the
> >>>> same identifiers that were expected by the macro.
> >>>>
> >>>> 	$ grep -rn ath_for_each_chanctx
> >>>> 	drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c:1576:	ath_for_each_chanctx(sc, ctx)
> >>>> 	drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c:2554:	ath_for_each_chanctx(sc, ctx) {
> >>>> 	drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/channel.c:165:	ath_for_each_chanctx(sc, ctx) {
> >>>> 	drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/channel.c:291:	ath_for_each_chanctx(sc, ctx) {
> >>>> 	drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/channel.c:861:	ath_for_each_chanctx(sc, ctx) {
> >>>> 	drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/debug.c:717:	ath_for_each_chanctx(sc, ctx) {
> >>>> 	drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h:446:#define ath_for_each_chanctx(_sc, _ctx)                               \
> >>>>
> >>>> Fixes: c4dc0d040e35 (2014-06-19; "ath9k: Fetch appropriate operating channel context")
> >>
> >> I'm dropping the Fixes tag since the existing code actually works and hence
> >> there is no need to backport to LTS kernels.
> > 
> > Sounds reasonable.  Alternatively, a line next to it saying
> > 
> > 	[Do not backport]
> > 
> > would work, I guess.
> > 
> > Greg, I've seen this situation already a few times.  A Fixes tag getting
> > removed to avoid triggering a stable backport.  But I think keeping the
> > Fixes tag could be useful.  Should we have a standard way to document
> > that a patch fixes an old commit without meaning that it should be
> > backported?  Maybe something like this?:
> > 
> > 	[Do not backport to stable]
> > 	Fixes: ...
> > 
> > In any case, feel free to remove it.
> 
> Looks like we have this:
> There furthermore is a variant of the stable tag you can use to make the
> stable team’s backporting tools (e.g AUTOSEL or scripts that look for commits
> containing a ‘Fixes:’ tag) ignore a change:
> Cc: <stable+noautosel@kernel.org> # reason goes here, and must be present
> 
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html#option-1
> 
> Do you want to re-spin with that?

Would you mind amending to include the following tag?:

	Cc: <stable+noautosel@kernel.org> # the code worked by chance

I don't know where I keep the patch, so I'd have to apply it from the
email to resend.  Could you amend it yourself?


Have a lovely night!
Alex

> 
> /jeff

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