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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 10:12:38 -0400
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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On Tue, 11 Jun 2024 08:23:11 +0200
Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> > Depends-on: c9929f0e344a ("mm/slob: remove CONFIG_SLOB")  
> 
> Ick, no, use the documented way of handling this as described in the
> stable kernel rules file.

You mentioned this before, I guess you mean this:

> To send additional instructions to the stable team, use a shell-style inline
> comment to pass arbitrary or predefined notes:
> 
> * Specify any additional patch prerequisites for cherry picking::
> 
>     Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.3.x: a1f84a3: sched: Check for idle
>     Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.3.x: 1b9508f: sched: Rate-limit newidle
>     Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.3.x: fd21073: sched: Fix affinity logic
>     Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.3.x
>     Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
> 
>   The tag sequence has the meaning of::
> 
>     git cherry-pick a1f84a3
>     git cherry-pick 1b9508f
>     git cherry-pick fd21073
>     git cherry-pick <this commit>
> 
>   Note that for a patch series, you do not have to list as prerequisites the
>   patches present in the series itself. For example, if you have the following
>   patch series::
> 
>     patch1
>     patch2
> 
>   where patch2 depends on patch1, you do not have to list patch1 as
>   prerequisite of patch2 if you have already marked patch1 for stable
>   inclusion.

What's with the "3.3.x"? Isn't that obsolete? And honestly, I find the
above much more "ick" than "Depends-on:". That's because I like to read
human readable tags and not machine processing tags. I'm a human, not a machine.

-- Steve