On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 12:55:47PM +0200, Matthieu Baerts wrote: > Hi Sasha, > > Thank you for the recent backports linked to MPTCP. > > Recently, I noticed that two patches [1] [2] with the same "Fixes" tag > -- but without "Cc: stable", sorry for that -- have been backported to > different stable versions. That's good, thank you! > > The first patch made its way to v5.15, while the second one went up to > v6.8, but not to older stable versions. I understand it didn't go > further because of other conflicts, and I'm ready to help to fix them. > > I just wanted to know if it is normal I didn't get any 'FAILED' > notifications like the ones Greg send [3]: I rely on them to know which > patches have been treated by the Stable team, but had conflicts. Will I > get these notifications later (no hurry), or should I not rely on them > to track fixes that could not be backported? FAILED only happens for patches that explicitly have a "Cc: stable@" tag in a commit. If you only have a "Fixes:" tag, that doesn't happen as we read that as "best effort if the stable team wants to add it". thanks, greg k-h
