On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 02:49:47PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote: > On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 11:40:39AM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 08:28:40PM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 02:11:48PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote: > > > > I think Greg's last estimate was that about 1/3 of the kernels in the > > > > wild are custom based on a kernel.org stable kernel, which means that we > > > > have no visibility as to what they do with the kernel. If you don't know > > > > who your users are, how can you prioritize some subsystems over others? > > > > > > The numbers I had was 75% of the images a major cloud provider was using > > > was either a kernel.org stable kernel release, or Debian. The remaining > > > 25% was an "enterprise" kernel including CentOS. > > > > > > Also note that all Android devices are now required to follow the stable > > > kernel releases as well, so add a few more million to that number :) > > > > > > That being said, for a well-maintained subsystem like Input, whose > > > maintainer almost always marks patches for stable releases, having them > > > picked up by the autobot is unusual. Dmitry, if you want your subsytem > > > to be excluded, just let Sasha know, other subsystems have been excluded > > > at the maintainer's request, and that's fine. > > > > I am hesitant to request to exclude input from autosel just yet, on an > > account that I might miss something. But I would like autosel to acquire > > more smarts and be less trigger happy. I think it would be for the best > > for everyone. > > Keep in mind that it learns based on your choices, so maybe in a while > it will be a perfect fit :) > > Maybe to make it easier, just reply with NAK on the patch(es) you don't > want in the tree and I'll drop them. OK, I will be doing it then. Should it be a certain string so you can script or a free form? > > I was discussing more about the general case and stable tree policy > rather than drivers/input and AUTOSEL, and didn't mean to try and > dictate what we'll take or not. Sorry! Me too and I am not trying to be dismissive of your effort, I am just trying to have discussion on the criteria that we should use for stable candidates. Thanks. -- Dmitry
