linux-kernel - Re: [ 000/100] 3.8.3-stable review

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Date:	Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:13:07 +0100
From:	Andre Heider <a.heider@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [ 000/100] 3.8.3-stable review

On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 9:33 AM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: Andre Heider <a.heider@...il.com>
> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:02:46 +0100
>
>> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 11:30 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
>> <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
>>> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 3.8.3 release.
>>> There are 100 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
>>> to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
>>> let me know.
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm missing a drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c patch, namely "atl1c:
>> restore buffer state".
>> In fact, it seems the whole netdev stable patch queue is missing:
>> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/bundle/davem/stable/?state=*
>>
>> Unsure what the workflow is here, how are these supposed to make to stable?
>
> I submit those patches at a time of my own choosing, and if you
> read stable@...r.kernel.org you will see when I do that.
>
> I let patches cook in Linus's tree for a week or so before submitting
> to -stable so that any bugs in those changes are more likely to be
> discovered before the change is in -stable too.

I hoped that a fix I care about makes it to 3.8.3, but ok, that makes sense.

Thanks,
Andre
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