From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52C39C00140 for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2022 12:04:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229612AbiHOMEi (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Aug 2022 08:04:38 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:46810 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229605AbiHOMEh (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Aug 2022 08:04:37 -0400 Received: from ams.source.kernel.org (ams.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:4601:e00::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 98597255AB for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2022 05:04:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ams.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 58706B80E59 for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2022 12:04:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B08AAC433C1; Mon, 15 Aug 2022 12:04:32 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1660565073; bh=fMQ0T2B6cXIuhg1f1r9P5tm1eXz6wghN2CFs8QrCrqY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=oRpwerUYNAdvHgFcoI4/a4DiE8116hitdLQTChjvDs3OVg4QrcIBOSCghRmE8K93s TKpCiYwrwNnlHrOsfBU0kMoNZ2tGW2qPc88ZFKsMqbfhhcZZwCa996RFdBaqZzv75w fsB7bsh5/D4y2zkHKYCgeYtJ7/K21ps4PzdRyQE4= Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 14:04:30 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Alexander Grund Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, Tetsuo Handa Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.9 1/1] LSM: Initialize security_hook_heads upon registration. Message-ID: References: <20220811115340.137901-1-theflamefire89@gmail.com> <20220811115340.137901-2-theflamefire89@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 12:50:42PM +0200, Alexander Grund wrote: > On 11.08.22 14:17, Greg KH wrote: > > As this fixes no bug or real issue that anyone is having with 4.9, why > > is this needed? > > This makes it easier to maintain the kernel by removing error-prone code. Not really, we only add commits that we have to add. We don't add things that are "just nice". Don't do work you don't have to do for a task right now please. > I mentioned this patch earlier and you seemed to be interested to at least > have a look at [1]. Sure, for real bugfixes. That's not what this patch is. > The 4.9.y branch is also used by the Civil Infrastructure Project (CIP) to maintain > a SLTS (Super Long Term Support) 4.4.y branch which is e.g. used by a community > maintaining alternative Android builds for devices no longer supported by their > vendors. Yes, again, I know all about the crazy plans of CIP and my statements on why it is looney and not a good idea are quite public. It also has nothing to do with how we currently maintain the stable/LTS kernel trees, so it's not relevant to us at all. thanks, greg k-h