Re: [PATCH v3 3/8] hwmon: (k10temp) Check return value of amd_smn_read()

Yazen Ghannam
2024-06-05T13:41:57Z

On 6/5/24 8:20 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, May 23, 2024 at 01:26:54PM -0500, Yazen Ghannam wrote:
>> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
>
> So yeah, I'll drop the CC:stable tagging in all patches unless we're
> talking about a concrete issue. You need to think about the downstream,
> distro folks who need to go through gazillion of patches and wonder
> whether they really need to backport them.
>
> And I don't think misusing the stable process like that is the right
> way.
>

I agree that patches 1-3 are not stable-worthy on their own. But I think
patch 4 is, and it requires 1-3 to avoid build errors.

Is there a preferred way to highlight this while patches are in review?

Thanks,
Yazen