On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 12:55:47PM +0200, Matthieu Baerts wrote:
Hi Sasha,
Thank you for the recent backports linked to MPTCP.
Recently, I noticed that two patches [1] [2] with the same "Fixes" tag -- but without "Cc: stable", sorry for that -- have been backported to different stable versions. That's good, thank you!
The first patch made its way to v5.15, while the second one went up to v6.8, but not to older stable versions. I understand it didn't go further because of other conflicts, and I'm ready to help to fix them.
I just wanted to know if it is normal I didn't get any 'FAILED' notifications like the ones Greg send [3]: I rely on them to know which patches have been treated by the Stable team, but had conflicts. Will I get these notifications later (no hurry), or should I not rely on them to track fixes that could not be backported?
FAILED only happens for patches that explicitly have a "Cc: stable@" tag in a commit. If you only have a "Fixes:" tag, that doesn't happen as we read that as "best effort if the stable team wants to add it".
thanks,
greg k-h