Document a new variant of the stable tag developers can use to make the
stable team's tools ignore a change[1].
That way developers can use 'Fixes:' tags without fearing the changes
might be backported in semi-automatic fashion. Such concerns are the
reason why some developers deliberately omit the 'Fixes:' tag in
changes[2] -- which somewhat undermines the reason for the existence of
that tag and might be unwise in the long term[3].
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ [2]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ [3]
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <[email protected]>
---
A patch to make one of the stable-script honor the flag can be found in
https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
For autosel I was unable to locate the code.
---
Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
index ebf4152659f2d0..9ca8083b41c7f1 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ comment to pass arbitrary or predefined notes:
Cc: <[email protected]> # see patch description, needs adjustments for <= 6.3
+There furthermore is a variant of the stable tag you can use to make the stable
+team's backporting tools (e.g AUTOSEL or scripts that look for commits
+containing a 'Fixes:' tag) ignore a change::
+
+ Cc: <[email protected]> # reason goes here, and must be present
+
.. _option_2:
Option 2
--
2.44.0
On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 09:18:30AM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> Document a new variant of the stable tag developers can use to make the
> stable team's tools ignore a change[1].
>
> That way developers can use 'Fixes:' tags without fearing the changes
> might be backported in semi-automatic fashion. Such concerns are the
> reason why some developers deliberately omit the 'Fixes:' tag in
> changes[2] -- which somewhat undermines the reason for the existence of
> that tag and might be unwise in the long term[3].
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ [1]
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ [2]
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ [3]
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <[email protected]>
>
> ---
>
> A patch to make one of the stable-script honor the flag can be found in
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
>
> For autosel I was unable to locate the code.
> ---
> Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
> index ebf4152659f2d0..9ca8083b41c7f1 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
> @@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ comment to pass arbitrary or predefined notes:
>
> Cc: <[email protected]> # see patch description, needs adjustments for <= 6.3
>
> +There furthermore is a variant of the stable tag you can use to make the stable
> +team's backporting tools (e.g AUTOSEL or scripts that look for commits
> +containing a 'Fixes:' tag) ignore a change::
> +
> + Cc: <[email protected]> # reason goes here, and must be present
> +
> .. _option_2:
>
Thanks for seeing this through:
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>