Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1765816AbXEUXa2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2007 19:30:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757888AbXEUXaM (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2007 19:30:12 -0400 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:51899 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757712AbXEUXaJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2007 19:30:09 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 16:18:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Chris Wright cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org, Tejun Heo , jeff@garzik.org, Justin Forbes , Zwane Mwaikambo , "Theodore Ts'o" , Randy Dunlap , Dave Jones , Chuck Wolber , Chris Wedgwood , Michael Krufky , Chuck Ebbert , akpm@linux-foundation.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, Alan Cox Subject: Re: [patch 07/69] libata-sff: Undo bug introduced with pci_iomap changes In-Reply-To: <20070521191701.791285000@sous-sol.org> Message-ID: References: <20070521191612.800400000@sous-sol.org> <20070521191701.791285000@sous-sol.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1043 Lines: 30 On Mon, 21 May 2007, Chris Wright wrote: > --- > [chrisw: Why is this not upstream yet?] And equally importantly, why is it even in the stable queue if it's not upstream. It's against stable rules, and it means that we may have stuff that gets fixed in -stable and not in -upstream, if people don't notice. THAT IS BAD! Having fixes in stable that don't exist in upstream make -stable be worse than pointless - it means that we actively _lose_ bug-reports. It may sound like a good idea in the short run, but it's a *horrible* thing for the long run. IOW, this should not be on the table for -stable, and people involved should have made sure it's in -upstream first! And no, I do not think it's languishing in my mailqueue. I'm pretty sure it's languishing somewhere else. Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/