Re: [PATCH 6.2 000/138] 6.2.12-rc2 review

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Apr 19 2023 - 10:54:18 EST


On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 01:57:05PM +0000, Alyssa Ross wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 03:17:13PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 12:26:26PM +0000, Conor.Dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > On 19/04/2023 10:40, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > > EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click links or open attachments unless you know the content is safe
> > > >
> > > > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.2.12 release.
> > > > There are 138 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> > > > to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> > > > let me know.
> > > >
> > > > Responses should be made by Fri, 21 Apr 2023 09:36:26 +0000.
> > > > Anything received after that time might be too late.
> > > >
> > > > The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
> > > > https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.2.12-rc2.gz
> > > > or in the git tree and branch at:
> > > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.2.y
> > > > and the diffstat can be found below.
> > > >
> > > > thanks,
> > > >
> > > > greg k-h
> > >
> > >
> > > > Alyssa Ross <hi@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > purgatory: fix disabling debug info
> > > >
> > > > Heiko Stuebner <heiko.stuebner@xxxxxxxx>
> > > > RISC-V: add infrastructure to allow different str* implementations
> > >
> > > Lore is ~dead for me right now, but there should be a custom backport of
> > > Alyssa's commit, submitted by her, here:
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230417134044.1821014-1-hi@xxxxxxxxx/
> > >
> > > Perhaps the reason is just the quantity of email, but that was
> > > submitted against the "fail" email (and within a few hours), so why
> > > was another commit pulled back instead of using what she provided?
> >
> > Ok, now both dropped, this got confusing fast.
>
> So what's my next step to getting my patch backported?
>
> Do I have to wait for these kernels to be released, and then submit my
> backport again and hope it gets selected the second time round?

Yes please, that would be the best, sorry for the trouble, patches were
in flight from multiple people and we got confused.

greg k-hj