Re: WTF: patch "[PATCH] ARC: enable uboot support unconditionally" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 4.20-stable tree?

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 10:43:47AM +0100, LABBE Corentin wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2019 at 02:54:28PM +0100, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
> > The patch below was submitted to be applied to the 4.20-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
> > 
> 
> Hello
> 
> Without this patch, we cannot boot a defconfig on ARC, and this is
> critical for testing ARC devices in kernelCI.

But this means you have never been able to boot a defconfig on ARC,
right?  So this is a new "feature" you are adding :)

If you wait one more week, all is good, you can do this for 5.0, and
when I drop 4.20 in another few weeks, all is fine.

> Why this patch is not a real stable patch, it is a strong requirement
> for testing all future stable release on kernelCI.

Only for 4.20.

And normally kernelci uses a specific configuration for the board it is
testing, not defconfig.  Or am I mistaken?

This is a fine patch to have upstream, it just really doesn't fit the
stable rules.

> Note that another patch (touching defconfig) for booting defconfig is
> still missing and need to be also added to stable. (I will resend it
> today)

Again, looks like a new feature.  Just wait a week and all will be fine
for you :)

thanks,

greg k-h