netdev - Re: ieee80211.h virtual

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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 11:31:57 -0700
From: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
CC: 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 6/25/2024 8:02 AM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> 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

Thanks for the pointer.

I've now followed option 2 to notify the stable team to backport this patch