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

["Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>]

On Thu Apr 30, 2026 at 9:00 AM CEST, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 10:11:31PM +0200, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
>> It's not so much about what I want -- I just try to stay close to what the
>> guideline is, and only deviate when there's a good reason.
>> 
>
> Personally, I think it's good to backport this.

That's good to know, I personally also lean more towards backporting such
things. But for the above reason, I did abstain from it so far, unless I could
really make a strong case.

> The rules are there for the stable maintainers to say "no" to, not so
> much for us to be extremely strict about it at times if it makes sense
> to us.

Thanks for clarifying!

Generally speaking, I don't think this is about being extremely strict about it;
the stable documentation itself is rather strictly worded I think.

I wonder if we can improve the wording without giving up on the "stable
maintainers reserve their right to say no" part to better reflect this.