On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 12:37:11AM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> Hi Greg, Sasha
>
> Commit 04361b8bb818 ("net: sfp: fix state loss when updating state_hw_mask")
>
> ends with:
>
> Fixes: 8475c4b70b04 ("net: sfp: re-implement soft state polling setup")
>
> git tag --contains 8475c4b70b04
>
> shows that the problem was introduced in v6.1-rc1. However, the fix
> has not been backported yet to v6.1.X
>
> Is the Fixes: tag not sufficient to trigger the machinery to get it
> back ported?
Not at all! Please see the rules at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.
A "bare" Fixes: tag never guarantees that it will ever go to a stable
tree, you MUST put a cc: stable on it in order to make sure that
happens.
It's been that way for 18+ years now, nothing new :)
> Please could you back port it. It cleanly cherry-picks to v6.1.33
Now queued up, thanks.
greg k-h
