Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93B8CC6FA99 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2023 23:07:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231256AbjCJXHN (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Mar 2023 18:07:13 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:57408 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231540AbjCJXHJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Mar 2023 18:07:09 -0500 Received: from ams.source.kernel.org (ams.source.kernel.org [145.40.68.75]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A4C0B14ACC7; Fri, 10 Mar 2023 15:07:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ams.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5F617B822E7; Fri, 10 Mar 2023 23:07:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 036ECC433EF; Fri, 10 Mar 2023 23:07:05 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1678489626; bh=zuN/kFW3k+Kq1wk3QFfp0txq4cDJq8FuADNAuknyD+w=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=E6+sPMil9mlBPLY/qvvhbqSohKQrUtexjne1dG+56aUrxJZSEMuJlHlP5Xihhkv+D IVWjys5gs/uN1w4HYqr6UrJFN+7IIj8Tjl8jT2VH5p2noRx5AJZKCY2hMGxZmlJto9 dRCLcKa1dL2E+fwLL9UAvzhJwTD4c9Hzmb+3m72ESsBW5tYQ+ZUy2OAGUvsy6VBD37 /DgmJ1SklD7Wis1Ee97NFLSUHcUDcUJgUIHmQJ0HK0M63JYyxqeN2mDwOprmiuQrC+ GpZVQG3lL2Ao1E8gw1CNUhUSGB+IO2/56NnWqoIv6MFTwymQZh2ZoUFCLU97V+f/yg 9ODUrhbPkS3uQ== Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 15:07:04 -0800 From: Eric Biggers To: Sasha Levin Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: AUTOSEL process Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 07:41:31PM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote: > > Well, probably more common is that prerequisites are in the same patchset, and > the prerequisites are tagged for stable too. Whereas AUTOSEL often just picks > patch X of N. Also, developers and maintainers who tag patches for stable are > probably more likely to help with the stable process in general and make sure > patches are backported correctly... > > Anyway, the point is, AUTOSEL needs to be fixed to stop inappropriately > cherry-picking patch X of N so often. > ... and AUTOSEL strikes again, with the 6.1 and 6.2 kernels currently crashing whenever a block device is removed, due to patches 1 and 3 of a 3-patch series being AUTOSEL'ed (on the same day I started this discussion, no less): https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/CAOCAAm4reGhz400DSVrh0BetYD3Ljr2CZen7_3D4gXYYdB4SKQ@mail.gmail.com/T/#u Oh sorry, ignore this, it's just an anecdotal example. - Eric