netdev - Re: ieee80211.h virtual

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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 08:02:48 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
Cc: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com>, Koen Vandeputte
 <koen.vandeputte@...ymesh.com>, <ath10k@...ts.infradead.org>,
 linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>, "David S. Miller"
 <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni
 <pabeni@...hat.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Johannes Berg
 <johannes@...solutions.net>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: ieee80211.h virtual_map splat

On Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:56:35 +0300 Kalle Valo wrote:
> > Adding netdev to the initial message in the thread.
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAPh3n83zb1PwFBFijJKChBqY95zzpYh=2iPf8tmh=YTS6e3xPw@mail.gmail.com/
> >
> > There was some discussion in the thread, with the observation that the splat 
> > is fixed by:
> > 2ae5c9248e06 ("wifi: mac80211: Use flexible array in struct ieee80211_tim_ie")
> >
> > Followed by discussion if this should be backported.
> >
> > Kees said that "netdev [...] maintainers have asked that contributors not 
> > include "Cc: stable" tags, as they want to evaluate for themselves whether 
> > patches should go to stable or not"  
> 
> BTW this rule doesn't apply to wireless subsystem. For wireless patches
> it's ok to "Cc: stable" in patches or anyone can send a request to
> stable maintainers to pick a patch.

It's an old rule. Quoting documentation:

  Stable tree
  ~~~~~~~~~~~

  While it used to be the case that netdev submissions were not supposed
  to carry explicit ``CC: stable@...r.kernel.org`` tags that is no longer
  the case today. Please follow the standard stable rules in
  :ref:`Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst <stable_kernel_rules>`,
  and make sure you include appropriate Fixes tags!

See: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/maintainer-netdev.html#stable-tree