linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI: EC: Relax sanity check of the ECDT ID string

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Message-ID: <2025081227-humpback-garden-7a4b@gregkh>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 19:10:54 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
Cc: Ilya K <me@...ti.me>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
	lenb@...nel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: EC: Relax sanity check of the ECDT ID string

On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 06:54:39PM +0200, Armin Wolf wrote:
> Am 12.08.25 um 18:40 schrieb Greg KH:
> 
> > On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 06:51:10PM +0300, Ilya K wrote:
> > > On 2025-08-12 16:32, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > > Applied as 6.17-rc material and sorry for the delay (I was offline).
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks!
> > > Thanks!
> > > 
> > > Tagging stable@ so we're hopefully in time for 6.16.1.
> > <formletter>
> > 
> > This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
> > stable kernel tree.  Please read:
> >      https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
> > for how to do this properly.
> > 
> > </formletter>
> 
> Agree.
> 
> AFAIK the Fixes: tag should be enough to ensure that this patch gets included
> in the affected stable kernels.

Not at all!

Please read the above link for the full details on how to do this (hint,
Fixes: will not do it.)

thanks,

greg k-h