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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 11:11:43 -0700
From: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>, Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com>,
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	netdev@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Subject: Re: ieee80211.h virtual_map splat
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On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 08:02:48AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:56:35 +0300 Kalle Valo wrote:
> > > Adding netdev to the initial message in the thread.
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAPh3n83zb1PwFBFijJKChBqY95zzpYh=2iPf8tmh=YTS6e3xPw@mail.gmail.com/
> > >
> > > There was some discussion in the thread, with the observation that the splat 
> > > is fixed by:
> > > 2ae5c9248e06 ("wifi: mac80211: Use flexible array in struct ieee80211_tim_ie")
> > >
> > > Followed by discussion if this should be backported.
> > >
> > > Kees said that "netdev [...] maintainers have asked that contributors not 
> > > include "Cc: stable" tags, as they want to evaluate for themselves whether 
> > > patches should go to stable or not"  
> > 
> > BTW this rule doesn't apply to wireless subsystem. For wireless patches
> > it's ok to "Cc: stable" in patches or anyone can send a request to
> > stable maintainers to pick a patch.
> 
> It's an old rule. Quoting documentation:
> 
>   Stable tree
>   ~~~~~~~~~~~
>   
>   While it used to be the case that netdev submissions were not supposed
>   to carry explicit ``CC: stable@vger.kernel.org`` tags that is no longer
>   the case today. Please follow the standard stable rules in
>   :ref:`Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst <stable_kernel_rules>`,
>   and make sure you include appropriate Fixes tags!
>   
> See: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/maintainer-netdev.html#stable-tree

Ah-ha! Thanks. I will fix my brain. :)

-- 
Kees Cook