linux-kernel - Re: Backport dependencies helper

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Date:   Tue, 31 Mar 2020 15:44:00 +0200
From:   Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:     Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Backport dependencies helper

Hi Sasha,

On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 08:32:17AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> Each
> directory represents a kernel version which we'll call K, and each file
> inside that directory is named after an upstream commit we'll call C,
> and it's content are the list of commits one would need to apply on top
> of kernel K to "reach" commit C.

That's very interesting! I still have nightmare-like memories or
complete week-ends spent trying to address this using heuristics
when I was maintaining 2.6.32 and 3.10. However how do you produce
these ? Is this related to the stable-deps utility in your stable-tools
repository ?

Thanks,
Willy