linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: megaraid: cleanup formatting of megaraid

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Date:   Thu, 03 Mar 2022 21:40:45 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>,
        Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
        Finn Thain <fthain@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Konrad Wilhelm Kleine <kkleine@...hat.com>,
        Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>, kashyap.desai@...adcom.com,
        sumit.saxena@...adcom.com, shivasharan.srikanteshwara@...adcom.com,
        jejb@...ux.ibm.com, martin.petersen@...cle.com,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        megaraidlinux.pdl@...adcom.com, scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: megaraid: cleanup formatting of megaraid

On Thu, 2022-03-03 at 21:22 -0800, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On 3/3/22 15:38, Joe Perches wrote:
> > One argument is that churn leads to difficulty in backporting
> > fixes to older 'stable' versions.
> > 
> > I think the churn argument is overstated.
> 
> I'm often backporting patches to older kernels and I think the churn argument 
> has not been emphasized enough. Backporting patches is a normal aspect of a 
> product lifecycle since a kernel version is chosen when development of a 
> product starts and bugfixes are cherry-picked from upstream selectively.

Stable backporting is almost certainly what people get _paid_ to do.

IMO the most important tree is the current one not backports to stable.