Re: Are the 'FAILED' notifications always sent?

[Matthieu Baerts <matttbe@kernel.org>]

Hi Greg,

Thank you for the reply!

On 12/06/2024 14:11, Greg KH wrote:
> 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".

That's clear and it makes sense. I will make sure not to miss the "Cc:
stable@" tag next time.

Cheers,
Matt
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