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Date:   Tue, 5 Apr 2022 23:24:13 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...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,
        slade@...dewatkins.com, Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.10 000/599] 5.10.110-rc1 review

On Tue, 5 Apr 2022 23:08:12 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:

> Here's a thought, if you decide to backport a patch to stable, and you see
> that there's another commit with a "Fixes" tag to the automatically
> selected commit. DO NOT BACKPORT IF THE FIXES PATCH FAILS TO GO BACK TOO!

Seriously. This should be the case for *all* backported patches, not just
the AUTOSEL ones.

Otherwise you are backporting a commit to "stable" that is KNOWN TO BE
BROKEN!

-- Steve

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