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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Cc: Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>,
	lsf-pc@lists.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [LSF/MM TOPIC] FS, MM, and stable trees
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 10:18:03 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190213091803.GA2308@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOQ4uxgQGCSbhppBfhHQmDDXS3TGmgB4m=Vp3nyyWTFiyv6z6g@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 11:01:25AM +0200, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> I think the main difference between these review announcements
> and true CI is what kind of guaranty you get for a release candidate
> from NOT getting a test failure response, which is one of the main
> reasons that where holding back xfs stable fixes for so long.

That's not true, I know to wait for some responses before doing a
release of these kernels.

> Best effort testing in timely manner is good, but a good way to
> improve confidence in stable kernel releases is a publicly
> available list of tests that the release went through.

We have that, you aren't noticing them...

> Do you have any such list of tests that you *know* are being run,
> that you (or Sasha) run yourself or that you actively wait on an
> ACK from a group before a release?

Yes, look at the responses to those messages from Guenter, Shuah, Jon,
kernel.ci, Red Hat testing, the Linaro testing teams, and a few other
testers that come and go over time.  Those list out all of the tests
that are being run, and the results of those tests.

I also get a number of private responses from different build systems
from companies that don't want to post in public, which is fine, I
understand the issues involved with that.

I would argue that the stable releases are better tested than Linus's
releases for that reason alone :)

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2019-02-13  9:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-02-12 17:00 [LSF/MM TOPIC] FS, MM, and stable trees Sasha Levin
2019-02-12 21:32 ` Steve French
2019-02-13  7:20   ` Amir Goldstein
2019-02-13  7:37     ` Greg KH
2019-02-13  9:01       ` Amir Goldstein
2019-02-13  9:18         ` Greg KH [this message]
2019-02-13 19:25           ` Sasha Levin
2019-02-13 19:52             ` Greg KH
2019-02-13 20:14               ` James Bottomley
2019-02-15  1:50                 ` Sasha Levin
2019-02-15  2:48                   ` James Bottomley
2019-02-16 18:28                     ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2019-02-21 15:34                       ` Luis Chamberlain
2019-02-21 18:52                         ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2019-03-20  3:46               ` Jon Masters
2019-03-20  5:06                 ` Greg KH
2019-03-20  6:14                   ` Jon Masters
2019-03-20  6:28                     ` Greg KH
2019-03-20  6:32                       ` Jon Masters

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