linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add test

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Message-ID: <mafs0ms4h2gz5.fsf@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:25:34 +0100
From: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@...nel.org>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@...nel.org>,  Andrew Morton
 <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,  Alexander Graf <graf@...zon.com>,  Mike
 Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,  Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>,
  kexec@...ts.infradead.org,  linux-mm@...ck.org,
  linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,  stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add test_kho to KHO's entry

On Wed, Nov 19 2025, Greg KH wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 04:55:06PM +0100, Pratyush Yadav wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 19 2025, Greg KH wrote:
>> 
>> > On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 07:24:15PM +0100, Pratyush Yadav wrote:
>> >> Commit b753522bed0b7 ("kho: add test for kexec handover") introduced the
>> >> KHO test but missed adding it to KHO's MAINTAINERS entry. Add it so the
>> >> KHO maintainers can get patches for its test.
>> >> 
>> >> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
>> >
>> > Why is this a patch for stable trees?
>> 
>> If someone finds a problem with this test in a stable kernel, they will
>> know who to contact.
>
> Contacting developers/maintainers should always be done on the latest
> kernel release, not on older stable kernels as fixes need to ALWAYS be
> done on Linus's tree first.
>
> Please don't force us to attempt to keep MAINTAINERS changes in sync in
> stable kernel trees, that way lies madness and even more patches that
> you would be forcing me to handle :)

Okay, my bad. Feel free to ignore this patch then. And I will keep that
in mind the next time around.

Andrew, can you please drop the "Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org" when you
apply?

-- 
Regards,
Pratyush Yadav