netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net] net: dsa: microchip: make learning configurable and keep it off while standalone

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Message-ID: <20220823214253.wbzjdxgforuryxqp@skbuf>
Date:   Wed, 24 Aug 2022 00:42:53 +0300
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Woojung Huh <woojung.huh@...rochip.com>,
        Arun Ramadoss <arun.ramadoss@...rochip.com>,
        UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Brian Hutchinson <b.hutchman@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net] net: dsa: microchip: make learning configurable
 and keep it off while standalone

On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 02:38:31PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > @maintainers: when should I submit the backports to "stable", for older
> > trees?
> 
> "when" as is how long after Thu PR or "when" as in under what
> conditions?

how long after the "net" pull request, yes.
I'm a bit confused as to how patches from "net" reach the stable queue.
If they do get there, I'm pretty confident that Greg or Sasha will send
out an email about patches failing to apply to this and that stable
branch, and I can reply to those with backports.