Re: [GIT PULL] x86 fixes

Ingo Molnar
2025-12-14T08:31:35Z

* Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 14, 2025 at 08:51:53AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > It's Linus's preference: a couple of years ago, when I did something
> > similar to what you did here Linus requested that fixes with -stable
> > tags not live in -next indefinitely, but be sent to his tree.
> > -next should not be a dumping ground for long-term testing.
>
> Well, this is a question for the maintainers summit but that just ended...
>
> The stable tag is the sure-fire way which the stable team uses to know
> that a patch needs to be picked up. If you remove the stable tag, I now
> have to pay attention when it goes upstream that I need to send it to
> them unless the AI picks it up.

Yeah, I agree about that and I've added it back, but note
Linus's clearly stated past preference for -stable marked fixes
to not linger too long in -next - which in my book trumps any
preferences you may or may not have, regardless of how many
times you've 'explained' it 'upthread'. ;-)

Thanks,

Ingo