linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] PCI: hv: Fix the definition of vector in hv_compose_msi

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Message-ID: <59e68312-9bd0-73b1-2d18-cd5744588070@quicinc.com>
Date:   Mon, 3 Apr 2023 12:50:54 -0600
From:   Jeffrey Hugo <quic_jhugo@...cinc.com>
To:     Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "quic_carlv@...cinc.com" <quic_carlv@...cinc.com>
CC:     Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        "wei.liu@...nel.org" <wei.liu@...nel.org>,
        KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        "sthemmin@...rosoft.com" <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        "lpieralisi@...nel.org" <lpieralisi@...nel.org>,
        "bhelgaas@...gle.com" <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        "linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Michael Kelley (LINUX)" <mikelley@...rosoft.com>,
        "robh@...nel.org" <robh@...nel.org>, "kw@...ux.com" <kw@...ux.com>,
        "helgaas@...nel.org" <helgaas@...nel.org>,
        "alex.williamson@...hat.com" <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] PCI: hv: Fix the definition of vector in
 hv_compose_msi_msg()

On 3/30/2023 1:50 PM, Dexuan Cui wrote:
>> From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
>>> ...
>>> e70af8d040d2 has a Fixes tag. Not sure why it's not automatically
>> backported.
>>
>> Because "Fixes:" is not the flag that we are sure to trigger off of.
>> Please read:
>> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
>> for how to do this properly.
> 
> Thanks, I just read this again to refresh my memory :-)
> I remember Sasha has an AI algorithm to pick up patches into the stable
> tree and a "Fixes" tag should be a strong indicator.
> 
> I tired to manually cherry-pick e70af8d040d2 to 5.15.y and got some
> merge conflicts. Probably that's why Sasha's script didn't automatically
> do the backport. @Carl, @Jeffrey, may I know if you have some cycles to
> help backport e70af8d040d2?

We might have some cycles this week.

-Jeff