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=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS 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 00124C3F68F for ; Fri, 14 Feb 2020 06:21:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B990922314 for ; Fri, 14 Feb 2020 06:21:08 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1581661268; bh=788UuF58Xs9gRGfBYj6bZ2voXqopWQZh8sEqvich4dw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=aUImVMIqHr6Br3Ytf0kAy4QKjx9gk6ktHQrAOUOeQtGcIUjB7jfyYetP2kx9Kyrq+ mcZmg/gleKO8YQjSRrLwGjC8GZ+9qXqHUa4Q/IsAGohLeEEkPsR4XgJug6QfW4cocQ IZ68CZj08rmlmImI9/7ON0jKalefUwMwwh8KxOWs= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728484AbgBNGVI (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Feb 2020 01:21:08 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:33206 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725828AbgBNGVH (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Feb 2020 01:21:07 -0500 Received: from localhost (unknown [12.177.140.20]) (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 1C866217F4; Fri, 14 Feb 2020 06:21:07 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1581661267; bh=788UuF58Xs9gRGfBYj6bZ2voXqopWQZh8sEqvich4dw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=S50dAmn+5k0luGC9trXSY1+8e28VQrfMBfEVpjXUikTynqawmchnrv/VK2aEzSJfu gW4hEicLv2EXJ5/HyCoy+F5XGCG7B9uvoPZOMoXNMcc4wNvy/rY5O7C4E/TBK6BYia 50bdGoWJU8isXczlwspdmt7fks6YYSj/zJlzvQPU= Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 22:21:06 -0800 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Guenter Roeck Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, shuah@kernel.org, patches@kernelci.org, ben.hutchings@codethink.co.uk, lkft-triage@lists.linaro.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.14 000/173] 4.14.171-stable review Message-ID: <20200214062106.GA3928737@kroah.com> References: <20200213151931.677980430@linuxfoundation.org> <20200214022146.GA4866@roeck-us.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200214022146.GA4866@roeck-us.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 06:21:46PM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote: > On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 07:18:23AM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.14.171 release. > > There are 173 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response > > to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please > > let me know. > > > > Responses should be made by Sat, 15 Feb 2020 15:16:41 +0000. > > Anything received after that time might be too late. > > > > Commit 833e09807c49 ("serial: uartps: Add a timeout to the tx empty wait") > breaks all xilinx boot tests, here and in v4.19.y. Reverting it fixes the > problem. that is maybe not entirely surprising, given that there were > some 40 other commits into the same file since v4.14. Ah, I added the fixup patch (Pavel pointed it out), but didn't push out a -rc2 with it in it. I'll go do that now. > FWIW, I still think that way too many patches are being backported. All of the patches I have been added are there either because they were asked to be there due to the cc: stable tag, or a developer asked, or there was a "Fixes:" tag that referenced a commit in that tree. Yes, it looks like a lot, but people are finally getting better at tagging their stuff, which is why we are finally getting more fixes in the tree. We were riding for the past 15 years before now with way too little fixes being applied. And this is also what testing is for, be it 1 or 200 patches a release, they should all be able to pass testing to make us feel better that they are "safe". The quantity does not matter for that. thanks, greg k-h