On 6/25/2024 8:02 AM, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > On Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:56:35 +0300 Kalle Valo wrote: >>> Adding netdev to the initial message in the thread. >>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAPh3n83zb1PwFBFijJKChBqY95zzpYh=2iPf8tmh=YTS6e3xPw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ >>> >>> There was some discussion in the thread, with the observation that the splat >>> is fixed by: >>> 2ae5c9248e06 ("wifi: mac80211: Use flexible array in struct ieee80211_tim_ie") >>> >>> Followed by discussion if this should be backported. >>> >>> Kees said that "netdev [...] maintainers have asked that contributors not >>> include "Cc: stable" tags, as they want to evaluate for themselves whether >>> patches should go to stable or not" >> >> BTW this rule doesn't apply to wireless subsystem. For wireless patches >> it's ok to "Cc: stable" in patches or anyone can send a request to >> stable maintainers to pick a patch. > > It's an old rule. Quoting documentation: > > Stable tree > ~~~~~~~~~~~ > > While it used to be the case that netdev submissions were not supposed > to carry explicit ``CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx`` tags that is no longer > the case today. Please follow the standard stable rules in > :ref:`Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst <stable_kernel_rules>`, > and make sure you include appropriate Fixes tags! > > See: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/maintainer-netdev.html#stable-tree Thanks for the pointer. I've now followed option 2 to notify the stable team to backport this patch
