On Mon 2018-04-16 08:18:09, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 6:30 AM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I wonder if the "AUTOSEL" patches should at least have an "ack-by" from > > someone before they are pulled in. Otherwise there may be some subtle > > issues that can find their way into stable releases. > > I don't know about anybody else, but I get so many of the patch-bot > patches for stable etc that I will *not* reply to normal cases. Only > if there's some issue with a patch will I reply. > > I probably do get more than most, but still - requiring active > participation for the steady flow of normal stable patches is almost > pointless. > > Just look at the subject line of this thread. The numbers are so big > that you almost need exponential notation for them. Question is if we need that many stable patches? Autosel seems to be picking up race conditions in LED state and W+X page fixes... I'd really like to see less stable patches. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html
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