On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 01:43:25PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Fri, 2013-06-07 at 10:31 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > > > The strange thing is I can't find the "FAILED: patch ..." email. > > > > I don't send those out, if it applies to the most recent stable kernel > > version, otherwise people would be flooded with them, and almost all of > > them would be pointless. > > > > My method has been to tag the stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with how far back > it goes. For example: > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx #3.6+ > > > But if I leave off the tag, it means that the bug was there from day > one, and goes back to all stable releases. I could put in a #2.6.32 tag > or something. > > Do you send out a FAILED message if the commit was tagged for a earlier > release and doesn't apply? Yes, I try to do so. greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html