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 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05230C433F5 for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 06:26:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S240968AbhK2G30 (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Nov 2021 01:29:26 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:45996 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S233072AbhK2G1K (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Nov 2021 01:27:10 -0500 Received: from mail-ed1-x52a.google.com (mail-ed1-x52a.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::52a]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A6A58C061574 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2021 22:23:52 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-ed1-x52a.google.com with SMTP id r25so1879430edq.7 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2021 22:23:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kylehuey.com; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=CjEF5Nhzo1rj0ChcchyR6egEY+0yABtWX08Drqq5nEI=; b=ZnkqJRYLHp2fFYELcjoZTydP7tzIKuT6KdRAg6QxAliHPjrQYWFaxxsmbek2iZJVXP jMC8PKyTDtIFJ7UJm++YBXaKfRPdJURFnUndpcs20P205lIPrMxWlnMYMlVAC2LkYsNB YMcRGPxrVl0bMhswwkGbeZ62aF8mAdw7VgXJRaxZKRIJjH7H2nA27f1J12wjulJydf+8 oyhe7EXJh+jzLTplLmvypyFveLkpTYzWedVqdXWYGCKeGnZSXthjgFJK7ovpCGB4dTo/ TeIY45srNRo35/7zaUK9k4NF+elO5wk/CIFILfsJ9Uv0bIyBam6z/eGla2bBXSISDkE3 YzQg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=CjEF5Nhzo1rj0ChcchyR6egEY+0yABtWX08Drqq5nEI=; b=KiJMBasgVmTzRc3Sf1Q6BXrKwrqeCngRqefYK58PFUZY8vNMiJHRT+BkKw//7u2bRx 0/x9IbD/G4ujfNQBpVHg/KBLW4kv2IF/LYSRK5IQZlBYiiGqkqNkhodr1RdAkp0wnnL2 Y/4eA+eIAP9rIY+ymMlypd5F+5qT5+TgLSUj9R5SlothlyTf9AyZRI/+DKXbpIAevX98 Asal7ZrPLctepKqDIoFtLKV9xsXs/aeRK4R63eqDLozduePYGBTCXQ6FHIiHbaFPk+N/ HrbRYsiFnwQjNNU0Me15+Qw95a2v5hsaJXFNLSQpn7bLfGA6k6T2p+yKHee2AiYl+Hwr mEiw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5328rfOTLxHQlH7SPmbwzZsvA5sjiSBjrnyGi3/T8toQpeitcTdC upsHUS/KUPQQd5Zm4iZHS9khFb23AKCSsYKEtVdofcNv0hA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJw+i/mZzT2R/aqyOoEQtyFsjfx0zLYnLvUgxH+5u5dqIcYO6yGtGJTzrS+qy4blCvCyX46I7Fif3Qa1HAaahGk= X-Received: by 2002:a17:907:94c6:: with SMTP id dn6mr57989607ejc.490.1638167031112; Sun, 28 Nov 2021 22:23:51 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <163758427225348@kroah.com> <87y25ef82b.fsf@email.froward.int.ebiederm.org> In-Reply-To: <87y25ef82b.fsf@email.froward.int.ebiederm.org> From: Kyle Huey Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2021 22:23:38 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] signal: Don't always set SA_IMMUTABLE for forced signals" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree To: "Eric W. Biederman" Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, "Robert O'Callahan" , Kees Cook , Kyle Huey , Oliver Sang , Linus Torvalds , stable@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 9:15 PM Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > Kyle Huey writes: > > > > Since this is taken care of now, AFAICT, I do have one additional > > question. I reported the regression to LKML a day or so before 5.15.3 > > was cut. What should I have noticed to see that the regressing > > changeset was going to 5.15 and where should I have said "hey please > > don't ship this on 5.15 yet"? > > > > I'd like to know what to do next time :) > > > When patches are added to the stable tree they are posted > for review. > > I was Cc'd on a couple of them because of this discussion. The list > appear to be "". Feedback is requested > to go to "". So I believe this conversation is > enough to remove the unnecessary patches before they make it to a stable > release. > > The boiler plate looks like: > > Cc: > > Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2021 19:11:53 +0100 (10 hours, 58 minutes, 56 seconds ago) > > > > > > This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled > > > > exit/syscall_user_dispatch: Send ordinary signals on failure > > > > to the 5.15-stable tree which can be found at: > > http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary > > > > The filename of the patch is: > > exit-syscall_user_dispatch-send-ordinary-signals-on-failure.patch > > and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory. > > > > If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, > > please let know about it. > > > I hope that helps. > > Eric So if I understand this correctly the best (or maybe even only) way to stop a regressing changeset from making it into a stable release is to separately search/watch the stable mailing list for the changeset in question? - Kyle