linux-kernel - Re: Linux 4.14.294

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Date:   Thu, 22 Sep 2022 11:02:21 +0700
From:   Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     lwn@....net, jslaby@...e.cz, Jason Wang <wangborong@...rlc.com>
Subject: Re: Linux 4.14.294

On 9/22/22 01:03, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Tue, 2022-09-20 at 12:17 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> []
>> diff --git a/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp-hid.h b/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp-hid.h
> []
>> @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ struct report_list {
>>   * @multi_packet_cnt:	Count of fragmented packet count
>>   *
>>   * This structure is used to store completion flags and per client data like
>> - * like report description, number of HID devices etc.
>> + * report description, number of HID devices etc.
>>   */
>>  struct ishtp_cl_data {
>>  	/* completion flags */
> 
> Needless backporting of typo fixes reduces confidence in the
> backport process.
> 

The upstream commit 94553f8a218540 ("HID: ishtp-hid-clientHID: ishtp-hid-client:
Fix comment typo") didn't Cc: stable, but got AUTOSELed [1].

I think we should only AUTOSEL patches that have explicit Cc: stable.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/stable/20220910211938.70997-2-sashal@kernel.org/

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