Re: Are the 'FAILED' notifications always sent?

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 12:55:47PM +0200, Matthieu Baerts wrote:
> Hi Sasha,
> 
> Thank you for the recent backports linked to MPTCP.
> 
> Recently, I noticed that two patches [1] [2] with the same "Fixes" tag
> -- but without "Cc: stable", sorry for that -- have been backported to
> different stable versions. That's good, thank you!
> 
> The first patch made its way to v5.15, while the second one went up to
> v6.8, but not to older stable versions. I understand it didn't go
> further because of other conflicts, and I'm ready to help to fix them.
> 
> I just wanted to know if it is normal I didn't get any 'FAILED'
> notifications like the ones Greg send [3]: I rely on them to know which
> patches have been treated by the Stable team, but had conflicts. Will I
> get these notifications later (no hurry), or should I not rely on them
> to track fixes that could not be backported?

FAILED only happens for patches that explicitly have a "Cc: stable@" tag
in a commit.  If you only have a "Fixes:" tag, that doesn't happen as we
read that as "best effort if the stable team wants to add it".

thanks,

greg k-h