From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21E6CC432BE for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2021 08:22:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02DA76113C for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2021 08:22:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S237288AbhHSIXV (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Aug 2021 04:23:21 -0400 Received: from jabberwock.ucw.cz ([46.255.230.98]:60700 "EHLO jabberwock.ucw.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S236854AbhHSIXT (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Aug 2021 04:23:19 -0400 Received: by jabberwock.ucw.cz (Postfix, from userid 1017) id C0CF41C0B77; Thu, 19 Aug 2021 10:22:42 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2021 10:22:42 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Theodore Ts'o , Willy Tarreau , Pavel Machek , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, jason@jlekstrand.net, Jonathan Gray Subject: Re: Determining corresponding mainline patch for stable patches Re: [PATCH 5.10 125/135] drm/i915: avoid uninitialised var in eb_parse() Message-ID: <20210819082242.GA13181@duo.ucw.cz> References: <20210811122702.GA8045@duo.ucw.cz> <20210813093104.GA20799@duo.ucw.cz> <20210813095429.GA21912@1wt.eu> <20210813102429.GA28610@duo.ucw.cz> <20210813111953.GB21912@1wt.eu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="huq684BweRXVnRxX" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --huq684BweRXVnRxX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi! > > > Plus this adds some cognitive load on those writing these patches, wh= ich > > > increases the global effort. It's already difficult enough to figure = the > > > appropriate Cc list when writing a fix, let's not add more burden in = this > > > chain. > > >=20 > > > ... > > >=20 > > > I'm also defending this on other projects. I find it important that > > > efforts are reasonably shared. If tolerating 1% failures saves 20% > > > effort on authors and adds 2% work on recipients, that's a net global > > > win. You never completely eliminate mistakes anyway, regardless of the > > > cost. > >=20 > > The only way I can see to square the circle would be if there was some > > kind of script that added enough value that people naturally use it > > because it saves *them* time, and it automatically inserts the right > > commit metadata in some kind of standardized way. > >=20 > > I've been starting to use b4, and that's a great example of a workflow > > that saves me time, and standardizes things as a very nice side > > effect. So perhaps the question is there some kind of automation that > > saves 10-20% effort for authors *and* improves the quality of the > > patch metadata for those that choose to use the script? >=20 > A script/tool does generate the metadata in the "correct" way, as that > is what Sasha and I use. It is the issue for when people do it on their > own for various reasons and do not just point us at an upstream commit > that can cause issues. In those cases, people wouldn't be using any > script anyway, so there's nothing really to do here. I agree that submitters would need to know about the tag; OTOH I believe that if it looked like a tag, people would be more likely to get it right. We moved from "mention what this fixes in body" to "Fixes: " and I believe that was an improvement. Anyway, three new entries in stable queues have format I have not seen before: |ec547f971 None .: 4.19| KVM: nSVM: always intercept VMLOAD/VMSAVE when nes= ted (CVE-2021-3656) |dbfcc0f75 None o: 4.19| KVM: nSVM: avoid picking up unsupported bits from = L2 in int_ctl (CVE-2021-3653) |b79b08940 None o: 4.4| KVM: nSVM: avoid picking up unsupported bits from L= 2 in int_ctl (CVE-2021-3653) [ upstream commit 0f923e07124df069ba68d8bb12324398f4b6b709 ] I guess I'll simply update the script. Best regards, Pavel --=20 DENX Software Engineering GmbH, Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany --huq684BweRXVnRxX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EABECAB0WIQRPfPO7r0eAhk010v0w5/Bqldv68gUCYR4U0gAKCRAw5/Bqldv6 8pTNAKCDYzxB3+OILpEEEmtSt0D+14srYACdEdGQZV0MRvaMejh1wWSNC9JpWOs= =Hkn1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --huq684BweRXVnRxX--