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=-0.9 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS 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 28052C6786E for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2018 09:02:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D314120834 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2018 09:02:37 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=mork.no header.i=@mork.no header.b="emXd9Rx8" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org D314120834 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=mork.no Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727065AbeJZRit (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Oct 2018 13:38:49 -0400 Received: from canardo.mork.no ([148.122.252.1]:34947 "EHLO canardo.mork.no" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726014AbeJZRit (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Oct 2018 13:38:49 -0400 Received: from miraculix.mork.no ([IPv6:2a02:2121:281:75f0:c8fa:53ff:fe7c:53d8]) (authenticated bits=0) by canardo.mork.no (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPSA id w9Q92TZi028067 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 26 Oct 2018 11:02:30 +0200 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mork.no; s=b; t=1540544550; bh=7Z7xn0ocEEjSYuc4MEyVNHPJabjKED6DGoLleKmzC5g=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:Message-ID:From; b=emXd9Rx8LLzsvEv62BtoQU496Ajb775gsUoWpENsY4791FVBFARvyJMtIFAzXOz5+ m3qi0TAldaHxaaG/KbVH/ggdowZxffluchbtrpLxRJWdI9Mba3USQDGF0CPS+CC3pC B/Do25jjudx31bBAH1rx8ttw9XECESO0CrMP7RhE= Received: from bjorn by miraculix.mork.no with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gFy0e-0008Ns-Q8; Fri, 26 Oct 2018 11:02:24 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Bj=C3=B8rn_Mork?= To: Johan Hovold Cc: Sasha Levin , stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 3.18 04/98] USB: qcserial: Fix support for HP lt4112 LTE/HSPA+ Gobi 4G Modem Organization: m References: <20181025141853.214051-1-sashal@kernel.org> <20181025141853.214051-4-sashal@kernel.org> <20181026084920.GB27852@localhost> Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 11:02:24 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20181026084920.GB27852@localhost> (Johan Hovold's message of "Fri, 26 Oct 2018 10:49:20 +0200") Message-ID: <87ftwt5bdr.fsf@miraculix.mork.no> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.100.2 at canardo X-Virus-Status: Clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Johan Hovold writes: > Note that the stable tag above lacks a version comment (e.g. "# 4.19"), > but I can see how that may be too subtle to convey this (and not all > maintainers use those). Perhaps an explicit comment should just be added > in such cases. I have always thought that the inclusion of a "Fixes" tag made such comments redundant. A simple "git tag --contains .." returns the same info, and is more likely to be correct... Or am I missing something? I see the problem with matching up fixes to backported commits, but I've assumed the stable maintainers all keep a small "database" of backported commits to make such tasks easier. That's what I would have done, and they are much smarter than me ;-) Bj=C3=B8rn