Re: [GIT PULL] x86 fixes

Borislav Petkov
2025-12-14T08:08:38Z

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.

And this fix is special as I already explained.

> If a fix is important enough to get a -stable tag, it should go
> upstream sooner rather than later.

Read upthread what I already explained. Sometimes our rules could use an
exception.

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.