On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 01:33:31PM +0800, Baolu Lu wrote: > On 9/15/23 3:43 PM, Nicolin Chen wrote: > > I found this patch cannot be applied to v6.6-rc1 due to conflicts > > with some new commits that were merged during the previous cycle. > > > > I can redo a version rebasing on the v6.6-rc1, yet the new version > > won't apply to earlier kernel stable trees. Is there a way to make > > it happen that both mainline and earlier trees can have this fix? > > Normally, bug fixes should first be submitted to the mainline kernel > (also known as Linus's tree). If you use the "Fixes" and "CC-stable" > tags, the patch will be automatically picked up for the appropriate > stable kernels. > > If the patch does not apply to any stable kernel that you want it to be > there, you can then post a back-ported patch to the stable mailing list. > > When doing so, it's better to include the following information: > > - The mainline commit ID of the back-ported patch. > - The versions of the stable kernel(s) to which you want the back-ported > patch to be applied. > > Hope this helps. Yup, please send a version against -rc1 so we can land that first. Will
