linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: Fixes tag needs some work in the mm-stable tree

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Date:   Mon, 10 Oct 2022 12:56:24 +1100
From:   Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:     Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: Fixes tag needs some work in the mm-stable tree

Hi Mike,

On Sun, 9 Oct 2022 18:40:15 -0700 Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com> wrote:
>
> For all of these, I was under the impression that the SHA1 of commits in
> Andrew's trees were not stable and could change.  That is why I purposely
> did not try to add SHA1s to the tags.  Perhaps that is no longer the case
> since Andrew is using git to manage patches?

I assume that once a commit is in the mm-stable branch of Andrew's tree
that the SHA1 will be fixed (except in exceptional circumstances).
Andrew?

> I see that a pull request including these commits was already sent to
> Linus.  Not sure where these are in the process, or if it may be too
> late to update.  Let me know if there is anything I can do.

Yeah, I saw that, and as you say, we must just have to live with these.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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