linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] security: general updates for v4.21

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Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.2.21.1812291406530.29722@namei.org>
Date:   Sat, 29 Dec 2018 14:11:04 +1100 (AEDT)
From:   James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:     Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] security: general updates for v4.21

On Thu, 27 Dec 2018, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 11:55 AM James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org> wrote:
> >
> > The main changes here are Paul Gortmaker's removal of unneccesary module.h
> > infrastructure.
> 
> I will point out a merge with a horrible commit message:
> 
>     "Sync to Linux 4.20-rc2 for downstream developers"
> 
> that tells nobody anything.
> 
> Why was that merge done? If you can't explain the merge, just don't do
> the merge.

I do this every development cycle, after requests from security subsystem 
maintainers to sync to -rc kernels. 


-- 
James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>