On Thu, 2019-10-31 at 22:14 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Fri, 2019-10-25 at 12:05 -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > > On Fri, 2019-10-25 at 19:03 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > 3.16.76-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. > > > > This seems more like an enhancement than a bug fix. > > > > Is this really the type of patch that is appropriate > > for stable? > > Apparently so: > > v4.14.135: eba797dbf352 KVM: x86/vPMU: refine kvm_pmu err msg when event creation failed > v4.19.61: ba27a25df6df KVM: x86/vPMU: refine kvm_pmu err msg when event creation failed > v4.4.187: 505c011f9f53 KVM: x86/vPMU: refine kvm_pmu err msg when event creation failed > v4.9.187: 3984eae04473 KVM: x86/vPMU: refine kvm_pmu err msg when event creation failed > v5.1.20: edadec197fbf KVM: x86/vPMU: refine kvm_pmu err msg when event creation failed > v5.2.3: 9f062aef7356 KVM: x86/vPMU: refine kvm_pmu err msg when event creation failed I think not, but hey, maybe you and Greg do. Porting enhancements, even trivial ones, imo is not a great thing for stable branches. My perspective is that only bug fixes should be applied to stable branches. cheers, Joe
