netdev - Re: [PATCH net V2 1/2] virtio-net: don't respond to cpu hotplug notifier if we're not ready

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Message-ID: <87iowvje6t.fsf@rustcorp.com.au>
Date:	Fri, 18 Oct 2013 16:47:14 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	mst@...hat.com, jasowang@...hat.com,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gaowanlong@...fujitsu.com,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net V2 1/2] virtio-net: don't respond to cpu hotplug notifier if we're not ready

David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> writes:
> From: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
> Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 11:30:15 +1030
>
>> Asking people to express 'CC: stable' in words is error-prone; if Dave
>> wants to filter it, he's quite capable.
>
> Filtering it one time is one thing.
>
> Potentially acting on that filter 100 or so times a day...
>
> That's completely another.

I don't see the difference between reacting to:

> The patch were need for 3.10 and above.

And:

CC: stable@...nel.org # 3.10+

Except the latter is the standard form which everyone else uses.

Do you want awk script to turn the latter into the former?  Would that
really help?

Confused,
Rusty.
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