Hi!
You've missed the 5.10 mail :)
You mean in the flood? ;-P
Pavel objected to it so I've dropped it: https://lore.kernel.org/all/Zbli7QIGVFT8EtO4@sashalap/
So we're not backporting those anymore? But everything else? :-P
And 5.15 has it already...
Frankly, with the amount of stuff going into stable, I see no problem with backporting such patches. Especially if the people using stable kernels will end up backporting it themselves and thus multiply work. I.e., Erwan's case.
Well, some people would prefer -stable to only contain fixes for critical things, as documented.
stable-kernel-rules.rst:
- It must fix a problem that causes a build error (but not for things marked CONFIG_BROKEN), an oops, a hang, data corruption, a real security issue, or some "oh, that's not good" issue. In short, something critical.
Now, you are right that reality and documentation are not exactly "aligned". I don't care much about which one is fixed, but I'd really like them to match (because that's what our users expect).
Best regards, Pavel