Re: Please add 21035965f60b ("bitmap: fix memset optimization on big-endian systems") to the stable tree

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Tue Apr 03 2018 - 14:57:35 EST


On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 11:14 AM, Omar Sandoval <osandov@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Just wanted to make sure this doesn't get missed because I misspelled
> the stable email address in the patch. It applies to v4.13+.

The "stable@xxxxxxxxxx" address for a stable cc is actually better
than stable@vger" imho, because afaik it still matches Greg's
automation (that also picks up on "Fixes:" tags), and it does *not*
cause extra email flurries when people use git-send-email scripts.

iirc, we had some vendor leak a security bug early because they
actually just cc'd everybody - including the stable list - on the
not-yet-publicly-committed change.

Greg - if your automation has changed, and you actually really want
the "vger", let me know. Because I tend to just use
"stable@xxxxxxxxxx"

Linus