On Fri, Aug 04, 2023 at 08:56:09PM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > On 04.08.23 12:33, Greg KH wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 01, 2023 at 10:36:55PM +0800, Pu Lehui wrote: > >> From: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> > >> [ Upstream commit be2ef8161572ec1973124ebc50f56dafc2925e07 ] > > > > For obvious reasons, I can't take this series only for 5.10 and not for > > 5.15, otherwise you would update your kernel and have a regression. > > > > So please, create a 5.15.y series also, and resend both of these, and > > then we will be glad to apply them. For this series, I've dropped them > > from my review queue now. > > I see you explaining this occasionally, makes me wonder if we should add > something like the following to > Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst (sorry, no diff/context, > but I guess you'll understand things nevertheless): > > """ > When using option 2 or 3 you can target a specific stable series. When > doing so, you have to ensure that the fix or and equivalent is present > or submitted to all newer stable trees, as users updating to them > otherwise might encounter regressions. Hence, if you want a patch that > was merged for 5.19-rc1 included in the 5.10 stable series, you must > submit it for any stable series still maintained in the v5.11..v5.18 > range. > """ Sure, hopefully people read the documentation, at the very least, I can just point the at it and stop saying this over and over :) thanks, greg k-h
