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 D8A423126D7; Mon, 2 Mar 2026 18:08:04 +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=1772474884; cv=none; b=OdsSI7ecVDv9uyPnp71KEnSgEfwmObtCWDjGxk276MZ+9s993RGbqRJByiBVsjrLozh5s2d+i9GXo+Q8vZlSWK9U1zFlmDgOvQcnaF/rui1ElNtGuzeHcsNlX1lxH5dppKle1IfJb3xxiEvU6avmJPQ0JwcjLzFohbPkWqW0yDA= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1772474884; c=relaxed/simple; bh=FN/j2igpSwXZlTH47039eaQB+TToiNBvVbGGLdA6lG0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=kNHVTTkSW7WPzrI2ygYAwivq/fLffmBe+91xT8JnWDxd5/Zsf4ZVYun62MMFNGR9qw/3i8dLMGqE0Il/WDuEdqIHVNUFFPaq9hLDbK6Tsc5GGoE4XS4LPqEBKY1B5AmSw3ZOw5/sT1fV5Gs3RV4hwiXA4VDHr0aPIhJDt6S4Sik= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=JfeASf6g; 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="JfeASf6g" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 32A64C19423; Mon, 2 Mar 2026 18:08:04 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1772474884; bh=FN/j2igpSwXZlTH47039eaQB+TToiNBvVbGGLdA6lG0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=JfeASf6gWY18MwrMOh6YrQg7l8+Kq2Ob31KG7VZOkDay1FgGxmt/+016kj6NSKoyQ mAYQ6Xni6n2/95QB0n2WHDJE3vvjwBmJsfzwXlgRrR44bBsRlejLeyWXIC1bZTRq0Q L/TKAZRsMDFRly6pUttHOF7SNIRcXg2nfzCP7sDbDZXFRth+5ccibEI/Ad8ohFgFao IAxXG7mFCces691fJSgNzFshYT5PmNnWX//U3jQQHiWk+BzYFKd/WqqbUeSKHy+qUg n1U6SXlsYjUmqZH4GmpstQ2RzY+MF69+eZoTzXZ6zcdkGMgK5tldypwLIyBp1My4NO lIpdbvOza1OpA== Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 13:07:47 -0500 From: Sasha Levin To: Harshit Mogalapalli Cc: Peter Schneider , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, patches@lists.linux.dev, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux@roeck-us.net, shuah@kernel.org, patches@kernelci.org, lkft-triage@lists.linaro.org, pavel@nabladev.com, jonathanh@nvidia.com, f.fainelli@gmail.com, sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com, rwarsow@gmx.de, conor@kernel.org, hargar@microsoft.com, broonie@kernel.org, achill@achill.org, sr@sladewatkins.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.1 000/533] 6.1.165-rc2 review Message-ID: References: <20260302160943.2522184-1-sashal@kernel.org> <66461c13-1bb3-473c-b57f-adba9db4f756@googlemail.com> <7cfc1cde-a8e1-4802-831c-3e082b22fa73@oracle.com> <06e95a5d-70c7-430a-8caf-7af0da26bcf1@oracle.com> 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: <06e95a5d-70c7-430a-8caf-7af0da26bcf1@oracle.com> On Mon, Mar 02, 2026 at 11:28:18PM +0530, Harshit Mogalapalli wrote: >Hi Sasha, > >>>Also I see something unusual --> >>> >>>6.1.165-rc1 --> 232 patches. >>> >>>6.1.165-rc2 --> 533 patches. >>> >>>Can you please check ? >> >>That's the reason for -rc2 :) See: >> >>https://lore.kernel.org/all/aaWWE5uQqz_eG69i@laps/ > >Thanks, but shouldn't the 533 - 232 = 301 patches be sent to stable >mailing list ? > >Also not speaking about 6.1.y, but when rc1 passes tests, I don't >trigger tests for rc2. Should I always retrigger tests for 6.12.X-rc2 >? > >Usually rc1 --> rc2 --> its mostly 2-5 patches in general. Yup, this one ended up being a bit bigger :) I didn't send out the whole batch of mails, but it's indeed a larger update. -- Thanks, Sasha