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From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com>,  Koen Vandeputte
 <koen.vandeputte@citymesh.com>,  <ath10k@lists.infradead.org>,
  linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,  "David S. Miller"
 <davem@davemloft.net>,  Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,  Paolo Abeni
 <pabeni@redhat.com>,  <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,  Johannes Berg
 <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,  Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Subject: Re: ieee80211.h virtual_map splat
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	<87o77pik7w.fsf@kernel.org> <20240625080248.32c3e03d@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 18:25:12 +0300
In-Reply-To: <20240625080248.32c3e03d@kernel.org> (Jakub Kicinski's message of
	"Tue, 25 Jun 2024 08:02:48 -0700")
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Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> writes:

> 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

Oh, I haven't noticed the change. Thanks for correcting.

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