On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 07:00:34PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
On Sun, 28 May 2023 17:55:22 +0100 gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to stable@vger.kernel.org.
Do you track the missing backports?
Nope, once I email this off, it goes off of my radar. But I know Sasha sometimes tries to fix them up, as do others as it's an easy TODO list for people who want to help out.
We fumbled the Fixes tag on this one, turns out it's not needed further back than it applies. In such cases is it useful to let you know or just silently ignore the failure notification?
It's good to say "this isn't needed" so that others don't spend time on it, so thanks!
greg k-h