From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0CE97168C3A for ; Wed, 12 Jun 2024 12:11:20 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1718194280; cv=none; b=iBW6VbxgHvpf/CjPQQS0eG/77ddNAScei4lzQozN0Q7eElEGbTjIwzgUgU3nyfkf6U/cLJhL8wcOA+3A83PpRGQ1Jznl75xIVl6b9cfQ8k8/Q6uRwH7o+Zbn6eZtACwOX8mXEDCaHAuE17fKMq2X0lYDkUGOHaXF6PaBYsq4vRM= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1718194280; c=relaxed/simple; bh=APsZJHsrIeUlirEPGJeadLvAxbDEaVhksQTkCG0MN6s=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=ZFGQhog5z+IV7MxBk0cloAwCSM5Ae3Jqr0AUXv0thYnQ10hOufTd8+TP4jR+cB2pKDLeqKOzA0rceuHss/a9W7zGmypj6asPmPKblKDUWz6X/kpCcy+wB+z6kQWWr5+38BRGzfVcgyMWub7o8SAU7H5aeZv4fcd3jC2DiHO1hic= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=QE6IVZdS; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="QE6IVZdS" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8869DC3277B; Wed, 12 Jun 2024 12:11:19 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1718194279; bh=APsZJHsrIeUlirEPGJeadLvAxbDEaVhksQTkCG0MN6s=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=QE6IVZdSqdJ81TOt6DtULv7WnAB0tst0T+qUQEw0JCQx+jS2gAQnjHIeaZGzNcJNW w6Cl/s9fKPNg5UUneMzPxf1vJVB1rwFBGdKRTMajc3uk+9iBvQemBWUbSg6kiT8f4f S8Yoet/Cj9JQwLLlav1WwLqIyFcSvaKJOMxOQnGw= Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 14:11:17 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Matthieu Baerts Cc: Sasha Levin , stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Are the 'FAILED' notifications always sent? Message-ID: <2024061229-colony-implicate-c906@gregkh> References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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