linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.5 00/65] 5.5.11-rc1 review

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Message-ID: <20200322195134.GA3127@duo.ucw.cz>
Date:   Sun, 22 Mar 2020 20:51:34 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
To:     Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Cc:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, shuah@...nel.org, patches@...nelci.org,
        ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk, lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Kevin Hao <haokexin@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.5 00/65] 5.5.11-rc1 review

Hi!

> > > Thanks for letting me know, I've now dropped that patch (others
> > > complained about it for other reasons) and will push out a -rc2 with
> > > that fix.
> > > 
> > 
> > I did wonder why the offending patch was included, but then I figured that
> > I lost the "we apply too many patches to stable releases" battle, and I didn't
> > want to re-litigate it.
> 
> I usually much rather take prerequisite patches rather than do
> backports, which is why that patch was selected.

Unfortunately, that results in less useful -stable.

Best regards,
									Pavel
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