Re: [PATCH] firmware: arm_scpi: Add hardware dependencies

From	Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] firmware: arm_scpi: Add hardware dependencies
Date	2017-01-27 10:10 +0100
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On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 09:53:17AM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 15:15:45 +0000, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> > > (...)
> > > As a side note, there's no finger-pointing implied by Fixes: tags. They
> > > are only meant to help people backporting patches, so that they know if
> > > something they backported is later fixed up. It does not imply anything
> > > regarding how serious the problem was.
> > 
> > Yes, but sometimes it's taken for stable tree
> 
> Really? I would expect that only patches tagged with "Cc:
> stable@vger.kernel.org", or explicitly sent to that list, are
> considered for stable trees. Greg, you don't pick commits for stable
> trees just because they have a "Fixes:" tag, do you?

Sometimes I do, usually because the maintainer has forgotten to put the
stable cc: (some subsystems are really bad about this), or because it
fixes a patch that was previous backported to stable.

I also take other patches that have no markings at all for stable trees,
depending on what they do, or who recommends them.  I try to scan all
commits for stuff that should be included that someone forgot to put a
stable@ cc: on.

But, just because you put a Fixes: tag, does not mean it will always go
into stable, because I do miss things at times.  If you know it should
go there, please always put the correct CC: tag.

thanks,

greg k-h

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Re: [PATCH] firmware: arm_scpi: Add hardware dependencies Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> - 2017-01-25 14:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] firmware: arm_scpi: Add hardware dependencies Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> - 2017-01-25 15:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] firmware: arm_scpi: Add hardware dependencies Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> - 2017-01-25 15:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] firmware: arm_scpi: Add hardware dependencies Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> - 2017-01-25 15:30 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] firmware: arm_scpi: Add hardware dependencies Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> - 2017-01-25 16:10 +0100
          Re: [PATCH] firmware: arm_scpi: Add hardware dependencies Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> - 2017-01-25 16:20 +0100
            Re: [PATCH] firmware: arm_scpi: Add hardware dependencies Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-01-27 10:10 +0100
            Re: [PATCH] firmware: arm_scpi: Add hardware dependencies Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> - 2017-01-27 10:20 +0100
              Re: [PATCH] firmware: arm_scpi: Add hardware dependencies Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> - 2017-01-27 15:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] firmware: arm_scpi: Add hardware dependencies Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> - 2017-01-25 15:10 +0100

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