On Friday, December 20, 2024 08:09 CET, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 11:45:01PM +0100, Ariel Otilibili wrote: > > This is a follow up from a discussion in Xen: > > > > The if-statement tests `res` is non-zero; meaning the case zero is never reached. > > > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/7587b503-b2ca-4476-8dc9-e9683d4ca5f0@xxxxxxxx/ > > Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") > > Suggested-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Ariel Otilibili <ariel.otilibili-anieli@xxxxxxxxxx> > > -- > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Why is "removing dead code" a stable kernel thing? Hello Greg, It is what I understood from the process: "Attaching a Fixes: tag does not subvert the stable kernel rules process nor the requirement to Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on all stable patch candidates." [1] Does my understanding make sense? Regards, Ariel [1] https://docs.kernel.org/process/submitting-patches.html > > confused, > > greg k-h
