From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6DECE2777FD for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2025 07:10:15 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1765782615; cv=none; b=fsfVIq3ZxOKETYmfAaw9CJ6JQp/DCkn/1V2SDoFQ4ahoYYleoR4e62l9GaqdeaaF9QcxufipyIu2XJm0KrAwkbStQeX+n9EhljLZGeyETbrozH1KeXi4PyrFejKvjxTvbbPf1W0doOuwaH04Z0JyJjQRQ8lD8bn4RCXAQtp9nB0= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1765782615; c=relaxed/simple; bh=ARdUzJTLjIt3dSpHf8HaLkxVBoahkrOuLRsIDqbQ4Vo=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=gjoa8jWfyfB3mHgtfX67jkWDwJG9gr42IghhlJj+nwSUWHiDPH/EPYgPNPgu9vGhQh4BVNXpm3Wci2UN9fnznGJcH1+pmPC+5swCxuHKg1ijRnxs/I4UhjUbMDFeNSedLG9dVeD/6xWAdg+OPcX6z5PCh7OJQlJuS4YgXPZs70c= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=cNVs7k1N; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="cNVs7k1N" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 35068C4CEF5; Mon, 15 Dec 2025 07:10:13 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1765782614; bh=ARdUzJTLjIt3dSpHf8HaLkxVBoahkrOuLRsIDqbQ4Vo=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=cNVs7k1NIZfa/GWNbjfnw/wUKuFzBC8ZvuGYkojk980RZcG9nSMB/CKU68+odjaKQ Ij+xtvOUI8BXCMtDfuZTOx6qPsRTTfWkwXByNgGi4cIQxN3NMntQdusHrE7CCqxawv PZiiHMqT7Z2Ec4P6soS2eOVy/ovQijLZV95+WQJRa0DL+evaJ/Vzmid88rH88IptZA qa1Ecyoupx6lIlAcOFKCVIshIE/JagrozlDzxXV6or0tJw4ldaSLFXcfbp+d0UvORE RGHLKAUB53TvJWb+U+N2EJHy36q10AfSGjV6QZOzac41Vf92Sp3aCXevNexes3XGIe +CaJiH9lZBmjg== Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:10:10 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Bagas Sanjaya Cc: Borislav Petkov , Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, the arch/x86 maintainers , Peter Zijlstra Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86 fixes Message-ID: References: <20251212143136.GAaTwnSOOUSU4VsZKY@renoirsky.local> <20251213234821.GAaT37RWQ2AS8guOiT@renoirsky.local> <20251214080819.GAaT5wcwH1FuaVU2CX@renoirsky.local> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: * Bagas Sanjaya wrote: > On Sun, Dec 14, 2025 at 09:31:31AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > * Borislav Petkov 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'. ;-) > > Hi, > > Just FYI that this PR didn't get merged for 6.19-rc1. Any plan to resend > it for rc2 (considering Boris's objection)? Yeah, will send it later today. Thanks, Ingo