On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 09:22:53AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Wed, 18 Oct 2023 16:57:50 +0100 Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Could you please reorder this patch before the previous one? If you > > > added a Fixes tag, we may want a cc stable as well (as for the other > > > patches with a Fixes tag) and it makes more sense to backport it on its > > > own without the __create_object() split. Otherwise: > > > > Ah, ignore this. If we want a cc stable, the whole thing needs > > backporting, including the split which is essential for the subsequent > > fix. > > Do we want a cc:stable? That tag wasn't originally included. > > If so, all seven patches? > > If "not all seven" then can we please have two series, one for the > backport patches, one for next merge window. I think we need all 7 if we are to backport them. But we don't need to cc stable explicitly, we can send them to stable@xxxxxxxxxx separately once tested on those stable versions. So, for the mm tree, don't bother with cc stable. -- Catalin
