From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (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 7359A3AAF69; Sat, 17 Oct 2026 16:44:16 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1792255457; cv=none; b=DqdMTno+79CgMZicnrYkj5RDFMw+lByFEoPamBpm2meEJ2OBbKQmqHXIfTdxxa7ew4RdmdfaBRuRrJkNnCFQOuH8pBHEZEua5afaWF5LLIf95DoPkUH5Y+PSIexKCtTWU8vqtLdIPBOzRHhPNbDQNAbDtjY9UkgGH63wzSFyFag= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1792255457; c=relaxed/simple; bh=UKfbu1T20lQWRoXbYY8lBXY7F/u8wdHGM7XgPm/Ol3Q=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=mdza5P8bW2QtK4PLoN1VZdtbd8OKXrLeoW4hJA7sQUPrvV1nLRXCzK/+zOnyXTaX5IJwL9eim5a8rddyJ2J1hI5g6VmD+WquaISu8sfG6o0bifBB1bzmjtRF8lXI4J7tZ7SMfZ7yqoOdZXMEiRQQMnFo8M+SW7xlQi6QQzXVOH8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=UahZwYB/; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="UahZwYB/" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 91BBF1F000C5; Sat, 17 Oct 2026 16:44:15 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1792255456; bh=7G2NT+fxfzQbeg8Nb8I82d+DeZrkITmTp7CpnmRJeHA=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References; b=UahZwYB/srfY5H1wEt+QhcwHwIMamSV2QK6PUOvWsyvAWb26Ujy9ZyGZZbRIE7cx9 L4sFGTVbTrdEP6DUKl5iIcs+0PqSzivCsyWpbT8QIjlPo4xXhWsO+2ymfBAO3/70ew i2c1sHcxmCq7aOBZwj7cGzkqkTgDWhBNYw3Nj7WkyzPo8eXCdXyfGPDNN02IkY8U1k PscUh0mSTdTv/nu6ZXb0ks5naIMwGvLp9KcfXw2nL/DtBxx3f/EtyvDMygbPCUFr9/ 4E93+YOyIxPjqYtGQ0RJSlElpcI2D2tEqQGquvN/2pynoT5jKOLzZFx9AuGopuW9Vt qKGJEjMVJzPCA== From: SJ Park To: Sasha Levin Cc: SJ Park , workflows@vger.kernel.org, ksummit@lists.linux.dev, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet , Shuah Khan , Randy Dunlap , Mark Brown , Theodore Ts'o , Laurent Pinchart , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Leon Romanovsky , Konstantin Ryabitsev , Thorsten Leemhuis , "Michael S. Tsirkin" , Kees Cook , Geert Uytterhoeven , Dan Carpenter , Miguel Ojeda , stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/7] docs: stable-kernel-rules: drop rules the stable trees do not apply Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:44:08 -0700 Message-ID: <20261017164408.104457-1-sj@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.47.3 In-Reply-To: <20261016152828.3765695-4-sashal@kernel.org> References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: workflows@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:28:23 -0400 Sasha Levin wrote: > The stable trees do not apply the 100 line limit or the exclusion of > theoretical issues, and they require a fix to be correct and tested > rather than obviously correct. Drop those rules. > > Assisted-by: LLM > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Acked-by: SJ Park [...] > @@ -24,9 +23,6 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the > regression they should only be submitted by a distribution kernel > maintainer and include an addendum linking to a bugzilla entry if it > exists and additional information on the user-visible impact. > - - No "This could be a problem..." type of things like a "theoretical race > - condition", unless an explanation of how the bug can be exploited is also > - provided. I initially thought requestion the explanation of how it can be exploited is still good. But, that's maybe what need to be requested when the commit is landed on the mainline. So this looks good to me. Thanks, SJ [...]