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From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] x86/boot: fix relying on link order
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On Wed, Dec 07, 2022 at 04:30:00PM +0100, Alexander Lobakin wrote:
> But not every fix is a fix only when it's easy to find a repro,
> right...?

The basic rule is: only regression fixes during the -rc phase.

Documentation/process/2.Process.rst

although there it is not spelled out that it is regressions only. But
this is the rule we adhere to in the tip tree in general.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette