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=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, 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 8371DC433FE for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2020 16:03:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44C8722CB3 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2020 16:03:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730662AbgLDQDb (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Dec 2020 11:03:31 -0500 Received: from outgoing-auth-1.mit.edu ([18.9.28.11]:52354 "EHLO outgoing.mit.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729625AbgLDQDa (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Dec 2020 11:03:30 -0500 Received: from callcc.thunk.org (pool-72-74-133-215.bstnma.fios.verizon.net [72.74.133.215]) (authenticated bits=0) (User authenticated as tytso@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.14.7/8.12.4) with ESMTP id 0B4G2R8k023074 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 4 Dec 2020 11:02:27 -0500 Received: by callcc.thunk.org (Postfix, from userid 15806) id 19219420136; Fri, 4 Dec 2020 11:02:27 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2020 11:02:27 -0500 From: "Theodore Y. Ts'o" To: Amir Goldstein Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Dave Chinner , Miklos Szeredi , David Howells , Ira Weiny , Eric Sandeen , Linus Torvalds , Miklos Szeredi , linux-fsdevel , linux-man , linux-kernel , xfs , Ext4 , Xiaoli Feng , Sasha Levin , Jan Kara Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] uapi: fix statx attribute value overlap for DAX & MOUNT_ROOT Message-ID: <20201204160227.GA577125@mit.edu> References: <3e28d2c7-fbe5-298a-13ba-dcd8fd504666@redhat.com> <20201202160049.GD1447340@iweiny-DESK2.sc.intel.com> <641397.1606926232@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <20201202204045.GM2842436@dread.disaster.area> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Dec 03, 2020 at 08:18:23AM +0200, Amir Goldstein wrote: > Here is a recent example, where during patch review, I requested NOT to include > any stable backport triggers [1]: > "...We should consider sending this to stable, but maybe let's merge > first and let it > run in master for a while before because it is not a clear and > immediate danger..." > > As a developer and as a reviewer, I wish (as Dave implied) that I had a way to > communicate to AUTOSEL that auto backport of this patch has more risk than > the risk of not backporting. My suggestion is that we could put something in the MAINTAINERS file which indicates what the preferred delay time should be for (a) patches explicitly cc'ed to stable, and (b) preferred time should be for patches which are AUTOSEL'ed for stable for that subsystem. That time might be either in days/weeks, or "after N -rc releases", "after the next full release", or, "never" (which would be a way for a subsystem to opt out of the AUTOSEL process). It should also be possible specify the delay in the trailer, e.g.: Stable-Defer: Auto-Stable-Defer: The advantage of specifying the delay relative to when they show up in Linus's tree helps deal with the case where the submaintainer might not be sure when their patches will get pushed to Linus by the maintainer. Cheers, - Ted