On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 02:54:53PM -0500, Sasha Levin wrote: > SUBLEVEL only has 8 bits of space, which means that we'll overflow it > once it reaches 256. > > Few of the stable branches will imminently overflow SUBLEVEL while > there's no risk of overflowing VERSION. > > Thus, give SUBLEVEL 8 more bits which will be stolen from VERSION, this > should create a better balance between the different version numbers we > use. > > The downside here is that Linus will have 8 bits less to play with, but > given our current release cadence (~10 weeks), the number of Linus's > fingers & toes (20), and the current VERSION (5) we can calculate that > VERSION will overflow in just over 1,000 years, so I'm kicking this can > down the road. > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- Looks good to me, thanks for fixing up the USB code. Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
