On Fri, May 06, 2022 at 12:10:31PM +0200, Francesco Dolcini wrote: > Hello, > I have one question about the process of patch/fixes backporting > to old stable kernel. > > Assuming the following patch will be deemed correct and applied it will > have to be eventually backported. > > This patch will apply cleanly on v5.15+, but some work is needed to > backport to v5.10 or older. > > Should I send a patch for the older kernels once the fix is merged? > Reading Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst it was not clear > to me what to do in this "mixed" situations. You will get an email from me if it does not apply to older kernels and you can respond with the backported fix then. thanks, greg k-h
