Received: by 10.192.165.148 with SMTP id m20csp1742123imm; Thu, 3 May 2018 04:50:19 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: AB8JxZpQTHhYiu5WwsfN5cfIe+W3/EYbc53mg5l95YsCD7ZlTu9Q7gkMMleM3Sftv6Y/OpiJWspG X-Received: by 10.98.147.66 with SMTP id b63mr22882619pfe.130.1525348219427; Thu, 03 May 2018 04:50:19 -0700 (PDT) ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1525348219; cv=none; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; b=Xg0ySxpDuNKqa/olZan7KO84aUduI/YgX7jBQHI6RIyVJ24yO1vzITS73QHVsNrMBv yBewgI/1RznwCRRxTucLNJzpS0cmOOLHCWK3wG7poEynvJQG6OCgzpZbGk69r/vTpSJD 69UOxU4x2M4/EH/mjkEFB5Wrs0t7HJCrFh+TjKJH/4ngfvvfnOGgh6MyZ/Yvuvh6rizm 7O14/TgYk2Kr39yX/uXIUCRW9AjWMn2PGxluJFrjxQphguVygwvdgDC3rjZsnLrGMMst RsmYNN/mM3RwLZWUdCiWzJN9nJ/1XYcmZW/KmG5JdfyOZRDQ5lj0pmJjCG+vaYAo7P6H MYkA== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; h=list-id:precedence:sender:user-agent:in-reply-to :content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id:subject:to :from:date:arc-authentication-results; bh=grIJ8lUDosfERFG5V+cC0AFxhsIgC2dPf/Er7KeIPIg=; b=b197FBwudiUZdEHCvrmG0QzdlhrFBuOvVpAIV/tJpthpAk0cnibhmVivFKtjqUvyjy CbUfaplhUw6g14ep2ysA8Hc9tSFxcOYYFj/OAImrSMxdmyJ1RpTlmQK5ycGiy/45fEhJ tCrKOCBi+bvSLwMX0WMMiiHKPHN7ngl4bg5UqQ4+mT3ivhzmL7v8644H8tH25DStXzlY WCUCsiupFd0PAlHUgSwc3r1dv527BvmXr7Lti4T4/9hOQKN6cjQYxnkUX4/3NsgT2r3T Y25GTS4jGKYTCgQlHr+UgApyzMk/TN+CBKoVYrgIeqNtFQYm94AXx3EorjUk7NAB8eUp K4vw== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Return-Path: Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org. [209.132.180.67]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id t4-v6si6137530pgr.690.2018.05.03.04.50.05; Thu, 03 May 2018 04:50:19 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.132.180.67; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751602AbeECLsl (ORCPT + 99 others); Thu, 3 May 2018 07:48:41 -0400 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:45604 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751075AbeECLsj (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 May 2018 07:48:39 -0400 Received: from viro by ZenIV.linux.org.uk with local (Exim 4.87 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1fECiw-0006kS-Ly; Thu, 03 May 2018 11:48:34 +0000 Date: Thu, 3 May 2018 12:48:34 +0100 From: Al Viro To: "Theodore Y. Ts'o" , Geert Uytterhoeven , Sasha Levin , Greg KH , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "w@1wt.eu" , "ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org" Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] bug-introducing patches Message-ID: <20180503114834.GZ30522@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> References: <20180501163818.GD1468@sasha-vm> <20180502195138.GC18390@sasha-vm> <20180503000620.GA29205@thunk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180503000620.GA29205@thunk.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.1 (2017-09-22) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, May 02, 2018 at 08:06:20PM -0400, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: > Because if that last is the case, then the prescription is very simple > and not controversial --- bug fixes found post -rc4 should be held to > the next merge window. Provided it's not a known-to-be-exploited roothole, at least...