Re: [PATCH 6.12.y 0/4] crypto: ccp, KVM: SVM - missing SEV/SNP platform-init dependency + 2 bugfixes

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 06:51:27AM +0200, Jinpu Wang wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 15, 2026 at 4:33 AM Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Patches 1-2 are the missing dependencies of commit 3f8f0133a5fc
> > > ("crypto: ccp - Move SEV/SNP Platform initialization to KVM"), already
> > > queued as of 6.12.97 (bb1c8464702540 on queue/6.12). That commit
> > > dropped SEV/SNP platform init from the CCP driver's probe path,
> > > expecting KVM to take over, but the counterpart commits that give KVM
> > > that responsibility were never queued alongside it.
> >
> > Queued the series for 6.12, thanks.
> >
> > --
> > Thanks,
> > Sasha
> Hi Sasha,
> 
> Thanks for queueing the series.
> 
> It might be worth adding a rule for the stable-kernel scripts to
> ensure they don't pick a single patch from the middle of an upstream
> patchset. This could help prevent future regressions like this one,
> where a commit dropped functionality in anticipation of a counterpart
> commit that was left behind.

How do we "know" a patch is in the middle of a patchset just by looking
at the git tree?

thanks,

greg k-h