From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 843DFC10F26 for ; Mon, 23 Mar 2020 06:48:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58D572074D for ; Mon, 23 Mar 2020 06:48:28 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1584946108; bh=qOFlhZkujaC+JRP+KmxtYFhSXy30kHvp1QbjUTFusoE=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=dtGNzCT1HNttKMUU/yL5BQDYzucOXdk7dRSyJhke6uHPzyUvLgkEN+Ws6fW9AbttV fh8+5dYxKVJxK5oXh6J4aCoR181Lz1l1xvKoJ/szCN/PI7CVLEnwt6Gdx64lIKu53B I+0tilGRr96VAZIsx8+4UF0WeVvL0ZpeXT5vTlYw= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727358AbgCWGs1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Mar 2020 02:48:27 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:49110 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726142AbgCWGs1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Mar 2020 02:48:27 -0400 Received: from localhost (83-86-89-107.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A309A20736; Mon, 23 Mar 2020 06:48:26 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1584946107; bh=qOFlhZkujaC+JRP+KmxtYFhSXy30kHvp1QbjUTFusoE=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=S0zzGYG+/Phb/0Ly9A+0B24iiyIaboKqCx9HCcV5zBR7HZRPVBYJm8Cct/6B/7uRo tJkcHncvw4MWEkxurkVKzRkMujdvxxvjD3Dn8G/4nJtk7MZYyB3acp/UapGU0Y86xH ngpYL4yzi5LWbGPkYvwmlCeAjNZsxb7wTYwEd4iM= Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 07:48:23 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Pavel Machek Cc: Sasha Levin , Guenter Roeck , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, shuah@kernel.org, patches@kernelci.org, ben.hutchings@codethink.co.uk, lkft-triage@lists.linaro.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, Kevin Hao Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.5 00/65] 5.5.11-rc1 review Message-ID: <20200323064823.GC129571@kroah.com> References: <20200319123926.466988514@linuxfoundation.org> <20200319145900.GC92193@kroah.com> <32c627bf-0e6b-8bc4-88d3-032a69484aa6@roeck-us.net> <20200320144658.GK4189@sasha-vm> <20200322195134.GA3127@duo.ucw.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200322195134.GA3127@duo.ucw.cz> Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 08:51:34PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > > > Thanks for letting me know, I've now dropped that patch (others > > > > complained about it for other reasons) and will push out a -rc2 with > > > > that fix. > > > > > > > > > > I did wonder why the offending patch was included, but then I figured that > > > I lost the "we apply too many patches to stable releases" battle, and I didn't > > > want to re-litigate it. > > > > I usually much rather take prerequisite patches rather than do > > backports, which is why that patch was selected. > > Unfortunately, that results in less useful -stable. Not at all, it makes for a _MORE_ useful stable, as we want to mirror what is in Linus's tree whenever possible. Come on now, we've been doing this for 17+ years now, it's not new. greg k-h