linux-kernel - Re: [Ksummit-discuss] bug-introducing patches

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Date:   Fri, 11 May 2018 11:10:18 +0900
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
Cc:     Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "ksummit-discuss@...ts.linuxfoundation.org" 
        <ksummit-discuss@...ts.linuxfoundation.org>, "w@....eu" <w@....eu>
Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] bug-introducing patches

On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 06:03:22PM +0200, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Wed, 9 May 2018, Daniel Vetter wrote:

> > Since Stephen merges all -fixes branches first, before merging all the
> > -next branches, he already generates that as part of linux-next. All
> > he'd need to do is push that intermediate state out to some
> > linux-fixes branch for consumption by test bots.

> What I do for my trees is that I actually merge the '-fixes' branch (that 
> is scheduled to go to Linus in the 'current' cycle) into my for-next 
> branch as well.

> This has the advantage of (a) getting all the coverage linux-next does (b) 
> seeing any potential merge conflicts early

> Is this not feasible for other trees?

That's obviously best practice which I hope everyone who doesn't have a
separate fix branch in -next is doing but it means that the fixes branch
is not getting tested without the changes in your -next branch, and also
reduces the coverage separate to other people's -next branches.  This
means that there's room for implicit dependencies to slip through.

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