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SubjectRe: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review
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On Sun, 2013-07-14 at 18:40 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Not before it's been in the distro, no. Something like a PCI change
> *definitely* should never be marked for stable, unless it causes
> crashes or is a _new_ regression that causes dead machines.
>
> Because the likelihood that that 4-5 line "obvious" change breaks
> things is pretty high. It needs testing elsewhere - on the machines
> that weren't broken - in a big way first.
>
> And don't bother talking about "obvious fix". Especially not when it
> comes to the PCI code.

PCI resource allocation code for sure. A bug specific to the hotplug
code path not so ... (for example, a too short reset delay or shit like
that). I agree with you overall but there's still a judgement call
happening at some point I assume and we get at least *some* flexibility
as maintainers as to what we want going there or not right ? :-)

Cheers,
Ben.




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