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

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Message-ID: <20220823150113.22616755@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 23 Aug 2022 15:01:13 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.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 Wed, 24 Aug 2022 00:42:53 +0300 Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> 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.

Adding Greg, cause I should probably know but I don't. 

My understanding is that Greg and Sasha scan Linus's tree periodically
and everything with a Fixes tag is pretty much guaranteed to be
selected. Whether that's a hard guarantee IDK. Would be neat if it was
so we don't have to add the CC: stable lines.

Also not sure if it's preferred to wait for the failure notification 
or you should pre-queue the backport as soon as it reaches Linus.
I vague recall someone saying to wait for the notification...