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To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
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On 25/04/2022 14:33, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 2:27 PM Caleb Connolly <kc@postmarketos.org> wrote:
> 
>> The patch shouldn't be backported to stable as it will introduce a bug if ported
>> without the second patch (and as above, I don't think this series should be
>> backported at all). Could you let me know how to get this dropped from backporting?
> 
> If Greg or Sasha etc propose the patch for stable (which will not happen
> automatically unless you explicitly add Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org)
> they send out a proposal "I will add this patch to stable", with CC to the
> author, and then you can say you don't want it backported.
> 
> Many Fixes:-tagged patches do not get picked up for stable, it is not
> what the tag means, if you want things to be picked for stable, the
> rule is Cc: stable@, it's just that sometimes the stable maintainers
> (and an AI!) pick some Fixes: patches anyways.
Ah ok, that's a relief. Thanks for the explanation!
> 
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij