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On 14. 07. 21, 3:28, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Alternatively I could just invent a new tag to replace the "Fixes:"
> ("Fixes-no-backport?") to be used on patches which fix a known previous
> commit but which we don't want backported.

Or what about:
No-stable: <reason>
like:
No-stable: too intrusive
No-stable: too dangerous
No-stable: <5.10, isn't vulnerable

So that the reason is known at least.

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs