From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E419315F308; Sat, 7 Sep 2024 15:43:07 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1725723788; cv=none; b=DxD9Sm9FL3VBgteh28SAsVtVJyyl7E3Y+pg+hyTym9zMv6WXQR+5eqNBZVZadIDYXkvzQHKM/N0jXc3iNZHeVXXOY9T5kjqfIaFisWuIbbz4DhA6VwMxDK9q/ug/DMgSy/mNiIXg84I1kV9PPN9xkPVlUYrg+LM1L6UQzE6P1us= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1725723788; c=relaxed/simple; bh=08twX4UQNWgzpSje5WMUvhmLZ8rSu3to6AH0oOdogac=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=lRJUeXTe3d0wNpU3xEFFRME3OfFvYAiTnxpZwAWHd70qdCzRBek4ZkIYM0JlKcAVRekcArd9qsmNeaCbVS+tlDW3i3BgD4gEM2gTyV7XCdxC2aotxrIByMIv7EuIs6gisKOvage5jXH9NhbzHMAAECmt6YUYQCGkqj09tct8+j8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=K9qFeI7L; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="K9qFeI7L" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 57A5FC4CEC4; Sat, 7 Sep 2024 15:43:07 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1725723787; bh=08twX4UQNWgzpSje5WMUvhmLZ8rSu3to6AH0oOdogac=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=K9qFeI7L5U0cAPijk1FxysMlXiqQbk8ZE0j1Zwtr+AApsYxhCidbZs3UjAGLxyimQ BTA7LsRdbazz4oJsPSRiT6kM9ZN0VFEO0GGZU0h8AlWz6DY7B70X/wbkrSQH/H2Vow 7V6Mrb9uoSOty4+rvgQmZphDUgY0fYIgx70dIcCRUR4vJz5An5EdQppiTb6hFVHRwl fgdAoaxPPypM/bmFxXlJtutdQ5NxYxuZzO9XTxQBkJxy05lpGmbCZIBWL0fZwgIuZL i8PfIOa1gMnOTmZ1RMhagtVbvLV2dcHwK2LEv2BjGuZqGdQDNedvKFGfQGN5MBNJoH 2H/n2i9OJtsWg== Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2024 11:43:06 -0400 From: Sasha Levin To: Matthieu Baerts Cc: Greg KH , stable@vger.kernel.org, MPTCP Linux Subject: Re: MPTCP stable backports: is the workflow OK? Message-ID: References: <32148274-08bb-4031-a55b-6b16b48a5497@kernel.org> <2024090642-viewing-happier-23b8@gregkh> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Fri, Sep 06, 2024 at 12:10:22PM +0200, Matthieu Baerts wrote: >Hi Greg, Sasha, > >Thank you for your reply! > >On 06/09/2024 11:56, Greg KH wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 06, 2024 at 11:36:25AM +0200, Matthieu Baerts wrote: >>> Hi Greg, >>> >>> Thank you again for your support when we send patches for stable >>> versions for MPTCP! >>> >>> Recently, I sent many patches for the stable versions, and I just wanted >>> to check if what I did was OK for you? >>> >>> I tried to reply to all the 'FAILED: patch' emails you sent, either with >>> patches, or with reasons explaining why it is fine not to backport them. >>> Are you OK with that? >>> >>> Or do you prefer only receiving the patches, and not the emails with the >>> reasons not to backport some of them? >>> >>> About the patches, do you prefer to receive one big series per version >>> or individual patches sent in reply to the different 'FAILED: patch' >>> emails like I did? >> >> One big series, per kernel tree, would be ideal as that way I don't have >> to pick them out and guess as to the order. > >Sure, I will do that next time, it is even easier for me. > >I sent the patches in the same order as they are in my working branch, >but I understand they could be received in a different order. > >> Also, if you don't respond to the FAILED emails, that's fine with me, I >> don't keep track, but maybe Sasha does as I know he does backports based >> on them at times. So I'll let him answer that. > >Thanks! I will wait for Sasha's reply. Doesn't matter on my end :) -- Thanks, Sasha