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=-1.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,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 C26E9C433DF for ; Mon, 25 May 2020 02:43:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FEC0207C3 for ; Mon, 25 May 2020 02:43:18 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1590374598; bh=VclR7GFxTC/UtgQvzYGLGo7CewYsZfIIsrSHIKF3uuo=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=Ji0ts7usH5mvh8KipHTpLIUfOsqyTWex0Hy+y9xEHX7YoY8P2NuoK3y0ab3jf0pT2 EX6GxvWoDo54vC9FZHY/osbQkXTZ/vP4kB6XZJSK+pC3l035GkQVHc3w5pyJe6Wcnq 9kaM1qVjCGEnb9RRIr0sXVNnqL9NMy9C8tAz7nAc= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2388448AbgEYCnS (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 May 2020 22:43:18 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:36756 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2388422AbgEYCnR (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 May 2020 22:43:17 -0400 Received: from localhost (c-73-47-72-35.hsd1.nh.comcast.net [73.47.72.35]) (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 44DFF2073B; Mon, 25 May 2020 02:43:17 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1590374597; bh=VclR7GFxTC/UtgQvzYGLGo7CewYsZfIIsrSHIKF3uuo=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=Z8xG84yZ1aqk0pAhrP/4aLsBgfwq+myQ4uAGVVT3vx9PFDgLzQxjPuATTU1ybW7ma ECFA73N65RfoAaOCSntojhQ3u/L7jrVMQKvdMpW9eVU5j6htehUcs8HLWri7c+33Fj 4ftxJzawhwWbEGdrBvzDnXHA3QYurMe2QZrOfre8= Date: Sun, 24 May 2020 22:43:16 -0400 From: Sasha Levin To: Eric Biggers Cc: stable-commits@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Patch "ppp: mppe: Revert "ppp: mppe: Add softdep to arc4"" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree Message-ID: <20200525024316.GY33628@sasha-vm> References: <20200524135255.8821820776@mail.kernel.org> <20200524171105.GA56504@google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200524171105.GA56504@google.com> Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 10:11:05AM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote: >On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 09:52:54AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote: >> This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled >> >> ppp: mppe: Revert "ppp: mppe: Add softdep to arc4" >> >> to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at: >> http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary >> >> The filename of the patch is: >> ppp-mppe-revert-ppp-mppe-add-softdep-to-arc4.patch >> and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory. > >I already explained last time that this shouldn't be backported: >https://lore.kernel.org/stable/20190905161642.GA5659@google.com/ > >The commit message explains it too. > >Is there something I could have done last time around to properly prevent this >from being backported, or do I have to continue to be ready to respond to these >emails which can come at arbitrary times forever? Appologies, I had to revert back to (older) backups for some of my data and sadly forgot it can cause this type of issues. I'll drop the patch. >> If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, >> please let know about it. > >Hard for "anyone else" to object to it when you didn't Cc any real mailing lists >(stable-commits doesn't count) and just sent this to me. Lucky I saw this. This is just the "added to the queue" mail, you would see another mail when this release goes to -rc1. No reason for too much spam... -- Thanks, Sasha