From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from latitanza.investici.org (latitanza.investici.org [185.218.207.228]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3A0B7192B75; Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:48:06 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=185.218.207.228 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1782402487; cv=none; b=qzlYYZIwbvfI29u61Cc7iHPQRxEs1h1OMEME/H65JOxjmT2/71+8hVskSJguZJvpol2U3zgjH6f49WsY1G+fuMkJND5eGwgDpLz1fpfmKeHguILksHnL6Ft4Zjjjh3cNa8ZSnlSwI/DN4z18LLP/tLr7Lm5Q1UqEaF/TnSHMi7w= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1782402487; c=relaxed/simple; bh=clKvRw3PDBeqFIL5Zp3bT9qnSYhoVfjT9OOcuMYl1a4=; h=Date:From:To:CC:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=dXzAHPcF6Cf3IfvoWkM/fmNRuNp7ZbBdq3zbn2j5rblcJbTcPvfXk2ckNr5Gc6YbJ5UfR5n0CXfXIkqeCFbRGAt3jpeXMjIef2ZO/9QO+Sb/F7bsAyYN/KDHQPuW6zkEu3ED373/2Ux9Vy7Kpv/4QpNEIq/0Zzd3i4ZGy3uSGjs= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=grrlz.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=grrlz.net; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=grrlz.net header.i=@grrlz.net header.b=YI4Lvsii; arc=none smtp.client-ip=185.218.207.228 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=grrlz.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=grrlz.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=grrlz.net header.i=@grrlz.net header.b="YI4Lvsii" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=grrlz.net; s=stigmate; t=1782402484; bh=eA8msFe4nCREb1EQHy7RNtgoYqKSimrXWAQli+HDGwo=; h=Date:From:To:CC:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=YI4LvsiifIK0LLippDYvNlYIvgt46NgpzhuMRJeQ/R/l/XxXC6L2S0OnpclJDOrIq 8xRDVBmklPDeSReseuN2Qf1WTUGYUlf7JdxfksuURDVPjhBH2MjJKanEYE3lPddook wh/aUaEdeuZ/Hgld+aW8Uckly1XRqK2AGni7zQ4I= Received: from mx3.investici.org (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by latitanza.investici.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4gmNVr5lSMzGpDl; Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:48:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mx3.investici.org (Postfix) id 4gmNVr2X9JzGpDM; Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:48:04 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:48:04 +0100 From: Bradley Morgan To: Petr Mladek CC: Andrew Morton , Feng Tang , Madhavan Srinivasan , Michael Ellerman , Nicholas Piggin , Christophe Leroy , Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya , Andy Shevchenko , Jinchao Wang , Kees Cook , Rio , Joel Granados , Pnina Feder , Petr Pavlu , Sergey Senozhatsky , Douglas Anderson , Mayank Rungta , Tejun Heo , Zhenguo Yao , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, Michal Hocko , Miroslav Benes , Jiri Kosina Subject: =?US-ASCII?Q?Re=3A_Fixed_tag_magic=3A_was=3A_Re=3A_=5BPATCH_v2_1/4=5D_sys?= =?US-ASCII?Q?=5Finfo=3A_add_helper_for_callers_that_handle_all=5Fbt?= In-Reply-To: References: <9b8c96e291696815d3c7de5d3e199298dee0279d.1782228656.git.include@grrlz.net> <20260624133419.a2d566f50c44ee2d4e0fb395@linux-foundation.org> Message-ID: <13CAC0EF-D0DC-4106-AF0E-B7BF4B51FC12@grrlz.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On June 25, 2026 4:46:11 PM GMT+01:00, Bradley Morgan wrote: >On June 25, 2026 4:42:44 PM GMT+01:00, Petr Mladek >wrote: >>On Thu 2026-06-25 16:31:47, Bradley Morgan wrote: >>> On June 25, 2026 4:30:15 PM GMT+01:00, Petr Mladek >>> wrote: >>> >On Wed 2026-06-24 13:34:19, Andrew Morton wrote: >>> >> On Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:34:58 +0000 Bradley Morgan > >>> >wrote: >>> >> >>> >> > Some callers handle SYS_INFO_ALL_BT themselves before calling >>> >sys_info(). >>> >> > Add a helper that strips that bit without turning an all_bt only >>mask >>> >into >>> >> > a kernel_sys_info fallback. >>> >> >>> >> I assume this patch wants a Fixes: and a cc:stable also. >>> >> >>> >> It would be nice to have the conventional [0/N] cover letter to tell >>> >> readers what this is all about. >>> >> >>> >> The patches all have different Fixes: targets. This risks inviting >>the >>> >> -stable maintainers to merge only some of the patches into some >>> >> kernels, resulting in an untested combination and which might break >>> >> things. >>> > >>> >I do not agree here. The Fixes tag should should point to a commit >>> >which introduced the regression into the given code. And finding >>> >some magic common point beause there is some magic undocumented >>> >process for maintaining stable kernels sounds like a way to hell >>> >to me. >>> > >>> >Best Regards, >>> >Petr >>> >>> >>> oh no. >>> I added the generic tag to V4, no worries, it is the earliest possible >>> fixes tag. But I really don't wanna be doing a V5 just to revert my >>> fixes tags. >> >>This is the risk when sending 4 versions of a fix within 5 days. Oops, I was wrong, 3 versions. >>A good practice is to wait at least one week before sending another >>version. It gives people chance to react and helps the discussion >>to settle. >> >>That said, I am not going to block this because of the fixes tags. >>But I suggest to wait longer next time. >> >>Best Regards, >>Petr >> > >The whole fixes tag thing is unfortunate. > >because it should be Fixes: then whatever commit ADDS the regression. > >Not a common fixes tag for all! > >Maybe when it's merged, Andrew or someone else could do > > >Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org [5.10] for instance, for it to be backported to that version. > >That should fix the whole fiasco > >Thanks! Thanks!