On Tue, Oct 03, 2023 at 01:35:29PM +0200, Linux regression tracking (Thorsten Leemhuis) wrote: > > Hi Herbert, I there a strong reason why you merged this to what from > here looks like the branch that targets the next merge window? The patch > fixes a regression introduced during the last 12 months and thus > normally should not wait for the next merge window. For details see > "Expectations and best practices for fixing regressions" in > Documentation/process/handling-regressions.rst; or if you want to hear > it from Linus directly, check these out: > https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wis_qQy4oDNynNKi5b7Qhosmxtoj1jxo5wmB6SRUwQUBQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wgD98pmSK3ZyHk_d9kZ2bhgN6DuNZMAJaV0WTtbkf=RDw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ This is a one-year-old regression, and the fix is not a trivial reversion. So there is no urgency in pushing this out. Cheers, -- Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt
