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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
	Mike Christie <michael.christie@oracle.com>,
	Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>,
	"Michael S . Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
	Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>,
	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 22/33] vhost scsi: add lun parser helper
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 14:57:25 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <X8T6RWHOhgxW3tRK@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <17481d8c-c19d-69e3-653d-63a9efec2591@redhat.com>

On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 02:52:11PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 30/11/20 14:28, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > Lines of code is not everything. If you think that this needs additional
> > > > testing then that's fine and we can drop it, but not picking up a fix
> > > > just because it's 120 lines is not something we'd do.
> > > Starting with the first two steps in stable-kernel-rules.rst:
> > > 
> > > Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the
> > > "-stable" tree:
> > > 
> > >   - It must be obviously correct and tested.
> > >   - It cannot be bigger than 100 lines, with context.
> > We do obviously take patches that are bigger than 100 lines, as there
> > are always exceptions to the rules here.  Look at all of the
> > spectre/meltdown patches as one such example.  Should we refuse a patch
> > just because it fixes a real issue yet is 101 lines long?
> 
> Every patch should be "fixing a real issue"---even a new feature.  But the
> larger the patch, the more the submitters and maintainers should be trusted
> rather than a bot.  The line between feature and bugfix _sometimes_ is
> blurry, I would say that in this case it's not, and it makes me question how
> the bot decided that this patch would be acceptable for stable (which AFAIK
> is not something that can be answered).

I thought that earlier Sasha said that this patch was needed as a
prerequisite patch for a later fix, right?  If not, sorry, I've lost the
train of thought in this thread...

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2020-11-30 13:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-25 15:35 [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 01/33] HID: uclogic: Add ID for Trust Flex Design Tablet Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 02/33] HID: ite: Replace ABS_MISC 120/121 events with touchpad on/off keypresses Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 03/33] HID: cypress: Support Varmilo Keyboards' media hotkeys Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 04/33] HID: add support for Sega Saturn Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 05/33] Input: i8042 - allow insmod to succeed on devices without an i8042 controller Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 06/33] HID: hid-sensor-hub: Fix issue with devices with no report ID Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 07/33] staging: ralink-gdma: fix kconfig dependency bug for DMA_RALINK Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 08/33] HID: add HID_QUIRK_INCREMENT_USAGE_ON_DUPLICATE for Gamevice devices Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 09/33] dmaengine: xilinx_dma: use readl_poll_timeout_atomic variant Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 10/33] x86/xen: don't unbind uninitialized lock_kicker_irq Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 11/33] kunit: fix display of failed expectations for strings Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 12/33] HID: logitech-hidpp: Add HIDPP_CONSUMER_VENDOR_KEYS quirk for the Dinovo Edge Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 13/33] HID: Add Logitech Dinovo Edge battery quirk Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 14/33] proc: don't allow async path resolution of /proc/self components Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 15/33] nvme: free sq/cq dbbuf pointers when dbbuf set fails Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 16/33] io_uring: handle -EOPNOTSUPP on path resolution Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 17/33] net: stmmac: dwmac_lib: enlarge dma reset timeout Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 18/33] vdpasim: fix "mac_pton" undefined error Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 19/33] vhost: add helper to check if a vq has been setup Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 20/33] vhost scsi: alloc cmds per vq instead of session Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 21/33] vhost scsi: fix cmd completion race Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 22/33] vhost scsi: add lun parser helper Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 17:48   ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-11-25 18:01     ` Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 18:08       ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-11-29  4:13         ` Sasha Levin
2020-11-29 17:34           ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-11-29 21:06             ` Sasha Levin
2020-11-30  8:33               ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-11-30 13:28                 ` Greg KH
2020-11-30 13:52                   ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-11-30 13:57                     ` Greg KH [this message]
2020-11-30 14:00                       ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-11-30 17:34                         ` Sasha Levin
2020-11-30 17:38                 ` Sasha Levin
2020-11-30 17:52                   ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-11-30 19:44                     ` Mike Christie
2020-11-30 20:29                       ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-11-30 23:59                         ` Sasha Levin
2020-12-04  8:27                           ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-12-04 15:49                             ` Sasha Levin
2020-12-04 16:12                               ` Joe Perches
2020-12-04 17:08                               ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-12-05 20:59                                 ` Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 23/33] vhost scsi: Add support for LUN resets Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 24/33] cpuidle: tegra: Annotate tegra_pm_set_cpu_in_lp2() with RCU_NONIDLE Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 25/33] dmaengine: pl330: _prep_dma_memcpy: Fix wrong burst size Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 26/33] scsi: libiscsi: Fix NOP race condition Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 27/33] scsi: target: iscsi: Fix cmd abort fabric stop race Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 28/33] lockdep: Put graph lock/unlock under lock_recursion protection Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 29/33] perf/x86: fix sysfs type mismatches Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 30/33] xtensa: uaccess: Add missing __user to strncpy_from_user() prototype Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 31/33] x86/dumpstack: Do not try to access user space code of other tasks Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 32/33] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Wait for EEPROM done after HW reset Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 15:35 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 33/33] xfs: don't allow NOWAIT DIO across extent boundaries Sasha Levin
2020-11-25 21:52   ` Dave Chinner
2020-11-25 23:46     ` Sasha Levin
2020-11-26  7:13       ` Dave Chinner

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