linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.14 00/95] 4.14.4-stable review

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Message-ID: <20171206065136.GA26750@kroah.com>
Date:   Wed, 6 Dec 2017 07:51:36 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Tom Gall <tom.gall@...aro.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        shuahkh@....samsung.com, patches@...nelci.org,
        ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk, lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org,
        linux- stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.14 00/95] 4.14.4-stable review

On Wed, Dec 06, 2017 at 07:49:49AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> Don't fall down the trap of running code for the sake of running code
> (i.e. like that web site that starts with a P) that doesn't actually
> test anything that actually matters.

I forgot to add:

Especially when there are already so many tests out there that _do_
matter that are not getting run on the stable kernels today.