Re: Patch "netfilter: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array" has been added to the 6.6-stable tree

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 09:10:05AM +0200, Joel Granados wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 22, 2024 at 07:45:37PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> > This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
> > 
> >     netfilter: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array
> > 
> > to the 6.6-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:
> >      netfilter-remove-the-now-superfluous-sentinel-elemen.patch
> > and it can be found in the queue-6.6 subdirectory.
> > 
> > If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
> > please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.
> 
> I don't understand why we are putting these in stable. IMO, they should
> not go there and this is why:
> 
> 1. This is not a fix.
>    The main motivation for doing these sentinel removals is to avoid
>    bloat in the boot and compiled image (read more in cover letters for
>    [1,2,3,4,5,6]) in future kernel versions. This makes no sense in
>    stable IMO.
> 
> 2. There are lots of moving parts and no "bang for the buck"
>    If you are going to bring one of them, you need to bring all of them.
>    This means brining in the preparation [7], the intermediate
>    [1,2,3,4,5,6] and the final patch [8]. This is not only prone to
>    error, but there is no real reason to do that in stable.
> 
> If I'm missing something, please let me know.

This was needed for the patch following this in the series.  I fixed
that one up by hand and dropped this one now, thanks.

greg k-h