Re: WTF: patch "[PATCH] iio: fix kernel-doc build errors" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 4.14-stable tree?

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 02:02:18PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 12/11/2017 01:14 PM, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
> > The patch below was submitted to be applied to the 4.14-stable tree.
> > 
> > I fail to see how this patch meets the stable kernel rules as found at
> > Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst.
> > 
> > I could be totally wrong, and if so, please respond to 
> > <stable@vger.kernel.org> and let me know why this patch should be
> > applied.  Otherwise, it is now dropped from my patch queues, never to be
> > seen again.
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> Mind you, I'm not pushing for its inclusion in -stable, but I would say that
> it meets all of the rules listed for inclusion, depending on how loosely or
> how strongly one interprets some of the wording there.

"Normal" build warnings/errors are great to fix, but documentation build
warnings are things I've never fixed for the stable trees before.

thanks,

greg k-h