linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.4 000/114] 4.4.300-rc1 review

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Date:   Thu, 27 Jan 2022 08:45:15 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, shuah@...nel.org, patches@...nelci.org,
        lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org, pavel@...x.de, jonathanh@...dia.com,
        f.fainelli@...il.com, sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.4 000/114] 4.4.300-rc1 review

On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 01:25:29PM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> On 1/24/22 10:41, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.4.300 release.
> > There are 114 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> > to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> > let me know.
> > 
> > Responses should be made by Wed, 26 Jan 2022 18:39:11 +0000.
> > Anything received after that time might be too late.
> > 
> 
> A new version of this branch was pushed into the stable-queue git
> repository around 10:30 PST, AFAICS without any actual changes.
> This caused all my builders to start from scratch (again).
> Would it be possible to avoid such dummy pushes ?

I'll try to avoid it, but it is usually easier for me to do "generate
all -rcs and push them out", than do to them individually, which is why
this happened.

sorry,

greg k-h