From: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
stable@vger.kernel.org, workflows@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 5/5] docs: stable-kernel-rules: create special tag to flag 'no backporting'
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 09:18:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <35989d3b2f3f8cf23828b0c84fde9b17a74be97c.1714367921.git.linux@leemhuis.info> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1714367921.git.linux@leemhuis.info>
Document a new variant of the stable tag developers can use to make the
stable team's tools ignore a change[1].
That way developers can use 'Fixes:' tags without fearing the changes
might be backported in semi-automatic fashion. Such concerns are the
reason why some developers deliberately omit the 'Fixes:' tag in
changes[2] -- which somewhat undermines the reason for the existence of
that tag and might be unwise in the long term[3].
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/b452fd54-fdc6-47e4-8c26-6627f6b7eff3@leemhuis.info/ [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1712226175.git.antony.antony@secunet.com/ [2]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/dfd87673-c581-4b4b-b37a-1cf5c817240d@leemhuis.info/ [3]
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
---
A patch to make one of the stable-script honor the flag can be found in
https://lore.kernel.org/all/655ce2a3-eb04-4ade-999e-23fc5dc5fb3a@leemhuis.info/
For autosel I was unable to locate the code.
---
Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
index ebf4152659f2d0..9ca8083b41c7f1 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ comment to pass arbitrary or predefined notes:
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # see patch description, needs adjustments for <= 6.3
+There furthermore is a variant of the stable tag you can use to make the stable
+team's backporting tools (e.g AUTOSEL or scripts that look for commits
+containing a 'Fixes:' tag) ignore a change::
+
+ Cc: <stable+noautosel@kernel.org> # reason goes here, and must be present
+
.. _option_2:
Option 2
--
2.44.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-04-29 7:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-04-29 7:18 [PATCH v2 0/5] docs: stable-kernel-rules: fine-tuning and 'no stable backport' tag Thorsten Leemhuis
2024-04-29 7:18 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] docs: stable-kernel-rules: reduce redundancy Thorsten Leemhuis
2024-04-29 7:18 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] docs: stable-kernel-rules: call mainline by its name and change example Thorsten Leemhuis
2024-04-29 7:49 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2024-04-29 7:18 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] docs: stable-kernel-rules: remove code-labels tags and a indention level Thorsten Leemhuis
2024-04-29 7:49 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2024-04-29 7:18 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] docs: stable-kernel-rules: explain use of stable@kernel.org (w/o @vger.) Thorsten Leemhuis
2024-04-29 7:51 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2024-04-29 8:30 ` Thorsten Leemhuis
2024-04-29 8:36 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2024-04-29 7:18 ` Thorsten Leemhuis [this message]
2024-04-29 7:51 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] docs: stable-kernel-rules: create special tag to flag 'no backporting' Greg Kroah-Hartman
2024-05-02 16:13 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] docs: stable-kernel-rules: fine-tuning and 'no stable backport' tag Jonathan Corbet
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