linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.14 298/334] time: Handle negative seconds correctly in timespec64_to

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Date:   Wed, 22 Sep 2021 08:20:55 +0200
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "# 3.4.x" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Lukas Hannen <lukas.hannen@...nsource.tttech-industrial.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.14 298/334] time: Handle negative seconds correctly in
 timespec64_to_ns()

On 21/09/21 22:27, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>   3) Maintainer allows AUTOSEL, but anything picked from files/subsystems
>      without a stable tag requires an explicit ACK from the maintainer
>      for the backport.
> 
>      Is new and I would be the first to opt-in:)
> 
> My rationale for #3 is that even when being careful about stable tags,
> it happens that one is missing. Occasionaly AUTOSEL finds one of those
> in my subsystems which I appreciate.
> 
> Does that make more sense now?

I like this!

> Might be a bit overbroad as it also includes x86/kvm, x86/xen, x86/pci
> which I'm not that involved with, but to make it simple for you, I just
> volunteered the relevant maintainers (CCed) to participate in that
> experiment. 

I would opt in to MANUALSEL too; so Sasha, feel free to do the same for 
everything that I'm involved in by the MAINTAINERS file, or we can start 
with x86/kvm via the generic x86 entries.

Thanks,

Paolo