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 87BCD2772D for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2025 08:31:35 +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=1765701095; cv=none; b=kAqhr2fmHg4zySQbcRd30fUKOu/dTzgY5XMqwbwaBRW7bCNhAPptEHJoKwSTeLlSWsPrTEgsqrWb7of7AVuIZDU07gvBoQ+LdHL19Ke6q1gb1ehClGLtggRXPmR8TYq6dtnumHECPd8TbGrcFe8CTbJJlBMYf2zBpU9Rx24Irgk= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1765701095; c=relaxed/simple; bh=A5ciB+gippAPlxZ+DHIxhfRrrKR5f7/ZHnkNS0wK9r4=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=Nr22m+FFfJt25N/7WaOKASG9nV1lX3u9LfkOtnwKb4A9hrlcUg3iZOfh+Q+mygbOpQjHV+B9PQoNd7Xu9Rt0Q7gwv1FkOEf59UqQcaiOOomLwEqjO8KgCyKK4ajccV8WfSgrCZla4GNAxXng6YOOpUGM22kA5yQ4cox6M7BWBqw= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=dq0rtbp/; 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="dq0rtbp/" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 98BCAC4CEF1; Sun, 14 Dec 2025 08:31:33 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1765701095; bh=A5ciB+gippAPlxZ+DHIxhfRrrKR5f7/ZHnkNS0wK9r4=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=dq0rtbp/76PXLCXFTRk+cI2gb+rvZ8yQdUoY9+19DCOpblBUP83ADxiQqQkqUoTiZ o2uFJ6P5ZLGO/UJVajb2zdTQlxvzlZYQy9836UFZpLkNzAN8KiSycjvVpDP9S9eQkS 19Kr7cqQFTYtR0ZPvdt7viR8mGk9rtKvtIyfTekO7omWucN5BW1EFt08YmR+gC2FdN iesKLvK9dt58MVABGOny60Jk22FgY58sxlXORdI0HJ0dHybp4ZkYr9w4oSVijZO47D v7M2p/RspCOfoIXKHVHj2Puh0pO50GUp0GWJE7wyKTZcQnFIskpubO2ZTHH1yDdyoF CucDfND+hjRpw== Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:31:31 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Borislav Petkov Cc: 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: <20251214080819.GAaT5wcwH1FuaVU2CX@renoirsky.local> * 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'. ;-) Thanks, Ingo