Re: [PATCH 4.14 00/53] 4.14.331-rc2 review

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Tue Nov 28 2023 - 15:39:43 EST


Hi!

> > > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.14.331 release.
> > > There are 53 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.
>
> > > Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > RDMA/hfi1: Use FIELD_GET() to extract Link Width
> >
> > This is a good cleanup, but not a bugfix.
> >
> > > Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > atm: iphase: Do PCI error checks on own line
> >
> > Just a cleanup, not sure why it was picked for stable.
>
> Just an additional bit of information, there have been quite many cleanups
> from me which have recently gotten the stable notification for some
> mysterious reason. When I had tens of them in my inbox and for various
> kernel versions, I immediately stopped caring to stop it from happening.
>
> AFAIK, I've not marked those for stable inclusion so I've no idea what
> got them included.

Fixes tag can do it. Plus, "AUTOSEL" robot does it randomly, with no
human oversight :-(.

Best regards,
Pavel
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