Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] driver core: faux: fix root device registration

Danilo Krummrich
2026-04-29T14:20:22Z

On Wed Apr 29, 2026 at 1:19 PM CEST, Johan Hovold wrote:
> The stable rules have been relaxed in practice since Autosel. Anything
> that looks like a fix (e.g. has a Fixes tag) gets backported.
>
> And people get tired of asking the stable team to drop patches that were
> not marked for backporting.

There is still a difference between this happening in practice and using that as
a justification to explicitly request a stable backport for something that - by
the official rules - isn't mandated for stable backport.

If the rules changed to the point that they don't apply anymore for deciding
whether to stick Cc: stable on a patch or not, then they should be adjusted
accordingly.