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=-2.5 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham 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 91380C43381 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2019 13:54:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53049213A2 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2019 13:54:05 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1551102845; bh=eVzSBseNBn8zwzTTogXgCBj3j7w8E3h5Twql7nepIQ8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=UlIW2vQC6IrdQRtPw4HdLhPokRlwf4Tbj+Ap58odxnGzZ71os/F1Fk1xbdmfO0WTh qiByfa0GIsnUT5bk4rRo3k3I6OtmLNxcqbTk8F114HLxJI5jHEJaLiOriDehySayQH M/tYhydCTmLNher2aBo6ECIT3rHDceZVUTlgGQO8= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726152AbfBYNyF (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Feb 2019 08:54:05 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:48034 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725990AbfBYNyE (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Feb 2019 08:54:04 -0500 Received: from localhost (5356596B.cm-6-7b.dynamic.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7E62320842; Mon, 25 Feb 2019 13:54:03 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1551102844; bh=eVzSBseNBn8zwzTTogXgCBj3j7w8E3h5Twql7nepIQ8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=u8fCj6BdONSjfHZv0o0yyD7lNDWmSgi+xfDHwktDvFkEMj5qU6AKa08oP3bZepDoK +Ned+pralUJXjNEGWNEu0VRoPzFfsnZcreG2WQkPzzFPW48fuL/eyVLN0wvWngbMi9 Y4/S5PLbrCuVEdnWIxw46NiF/QSJu2BYyBJxf1BA= Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 14:54:00 +0100 From: Greg KH To: LABBE Corentin Cc: Eugeniy.Paltsev@synopsys.com, vgupta@synopsys.com, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: WTF: patch "[PATCH] ARC: enable uboot support unconditionally" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 4.20-stable tree? Message-ID: <20190225135400.GA27690@kroah.com> References: <155101646812133@kroah.com> <20190225094347.GA3831@Red> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190225094347.GA3831@Red> User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.3 (2019-02-01) Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 10:43:47AM +0100, LABBE Corentin wrote: > On Sun, Feb 24, 2019 at 02:54:28PM +0100, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote: > > The patch below was submitted to be applied to the 4.20-stable tree. > > > > I fail to see how this patch meets the stable kernel rules as found at > > Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst. > > > > I could be totally wrong, and if so, please respond to > > and let me know why this patch should be > > applied. Otherwise, it is now dropped from my patch queues, never to be > > seen again. > > > > thanks, > > > > greg k-h > > > > Hello > > Without this patch, we cannot boot a defconfig on ARC, and this is > critical for testing ARC devices in kernelCI. But this means you have never been able to boot a defconfig on ARC, right? So this is a new "feature" you are adding :) If you wait one more week, all is good, you can do this for 5.0, and when I drop 4.20 in another few weeks, all is fine. > Why this patch is not a real stable patch, it is a strong requirement > for testing all future stable release on kernelCI. Only for 4.20. And normally kernelci uses a specific configuration for the board it is testing, not defconfig. Or am I mistaken? This is a fine patch to have upstream, it just really doesn't fit the stable rules. > Note that another patch (touching defconfig) for booting defconfig is > still missing and need to be also added to stable. (I will resend it > today) Again, looks like a new feature. Just wait a week and all will be fine for you :) thanks, greg k-h