Re: Linux 4.14.294

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 01:26:59AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Thu, 2022-09-22 at 08:53 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 11:02:21AM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> > > On 9/22/22 01:03, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2022-09-20 at 12:17 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > > []
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp-hid.h b/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp-hid.h
> > > > []
> > > > > @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ struct report_list {
> > > > >   * @multi_packet_cnt:	Count of fragmented packet count
> > > > >   *
> > > > >   * This structure is used to store completion flags and per client data like
> > > > > - * like report description, number of HID devices etc.
> > > > > + * report description, number of HID devices etc.
> > > > >   */
> > > > >  struct ishtp_cl_data {
> > > > >  	/* completion flags */
> > > > 
> > > > Needless backporting of typo fixes reduces confidence in the
> > > > backport process.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > The upstream commit 94553f8a218540 ("HID: ishtp-hid-clientHID: ishtp-hid-client:
> > > Fix comment typo") didn't Cc: stable, but got AUTOSELed [1].
> > > 
> > > I think we should only AUTOSEL patches that have explicit Cc: stable.
> > 
> > That's not how AUTOSEL works or why it is there at all, sorry.
> 
> Perhaps not, but why is AUTOSEL choosing this and why is
> this being applied without apparent human review?

We always appreciate more review, and welcome it.  Sometimes things slip
by us as well, like it did for this one.  The changelog makes it look
like a real fix that is needed.

thanks,

greg k-h