From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.7 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 320B3C71155 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 19:07:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B853E22250 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 19:07:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1731080AbgLBTGs (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Dec 2020 14:06:48 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:47928 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726104AbgLBTGs (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Dec 2020 14:06:48 -0500 Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 20:06:01 +0100 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1606935967; bh=+HLzvDVDrH5nyM2zbDYvKZq3sm1MBLtCbEEGFslk2Ag=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=16l8A/PXOjzkFYxHNR+MJUW3ewc+SeZ3me9PlqkI1Ft5UrTDRQuuISHC5yv6zf6s0 /R4YBYdHdYL9ZwaWYODBcL0GO1cG65svOgfC/NoSfFpVCetMVME9mbgfaaM42nYWho MohE/GQtKY4EqaelQJkPJFzDwcY0NTLP+bbl/2CQ= From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Miklos Szeredi Cc: David Howells , Ira Weiny , Eric Sandeen , Linus Torvalds , Miklos Szeredi , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-man , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, xfs , linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, Xiaoli Feng Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] uapi: fix statx attribute value overlap for DAX & MOUNT_ROOT Message-ID: References: <3e28d2c7-fbe5-298a-13ba-dcd8fd504666@redhat.com> <20201202160049.GD1447340@iweiny-DESK2.sc.intel.com> <641397.1606926232@warthog.procyon.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 06:41:43PM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 5:24 PM David Howells wrote: > > > > Miklos Szeredi wrote: > > > > > Stable cc also? > > > > > > Cc: # 5.8 > > > > That seems to be unnecessary, provided there's a Fixes: tag. > > Is it? > > Fixes: means it fixes a patch, Cc: stable means it needs to be > included in stable kernels. The two are not necessarily the same. > > Greg? You are correct. cc: stable, as is documented in https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html ensures that the patch will get merged into the stable tree. Fixes: is independent of it. It's great to have for stable patches so that I know how far back to backport patches. We do scan all commits for Fixes: tags that do not have cc: stable, and try to pick them up when we can and have the time to do so. But it's not guaranteed at all that this will happen. I don't know why people keep getting confused about this, we don't document the "Fixes: means it goes to stable" anywhere... thanks, greg k-h