linux-kernel - Re: AUTOSEL process

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Date:   Tue, 7 Mar 2023 22:18:35 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Cc:     Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: AUTOSEL process

Hi!

> > So to summarize, that buggy commit was backported even though:
> > 
> >   * There were no indications that it was a bug fix (and thus potentially
> >     suitable for stable) in the first place.
> >   * On the AUTOSEL thread, someone told you the commit is broken.
> >   * There was already a thread that reported a regression caused by the commit.
> >     Easily findable via lore search.
> >   * There was also already a pending patch that Fixes the commit.  Again easily
> >     findable via lore search.
> > 
> > So it seems a *lot* of things went wrong, no?  Why?  If so many things can go
> > wrong, it's not just a "mistake" but rather the process is the problem...
> 
> BTW, another cause of this is that the commit (66f99628eb24) was AUTOSEL'd after
> only being in mainline for 4 days, and *released* in all LTS kernels after only
> being in mainline for 12 days.  Surely that's a timeline befitting a critical
> security vulnerability, not some random neural-network-selected commit that
> wasn't even fixing anything?

I see this problem, too, "-stable" is more experimental than Linus's
releases.

I believe that -stable would be more useful without AUTOSEL process.

Best regards,
									Pavel
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