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On 21.12.2022 14:41, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 09:42:59AM +0200, Tudor Ambarus wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 21.12.2022 09:37, Greg KH wrote:
>>> On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 09:28:16AM +0200, Tudor Ambarus wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I added Greg KH to the thread, maybe he can shed some light on whether
>>>> new support can be marked as fixes and backported to stable. The rules
>>>> on what kind of patches are accepted into the -stable tree don't mention
>>>> new support:
>>>> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
>>>
>>> As you say, we don't take new features into older kernels.  Unless they
>>> fix a reported problem, if so, submit the git ids to us and we will be
>>> glad to review them.
>>>
>>
>> They do fix a bug. I'm taking care of it. Shall I update
>> Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst to mention this rule as
>> well?
> 
> How exactly would you change it, and why?

Something like this:

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel/20221222091658.1975240-1-tudor.ambarus@linaro.org/T/#u

Cheers,
ta