Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 11 Mar 2023 08:41:42 -0500 | From | Sasha Levin <> | Subject | Re: AUTOSEL process |
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On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 03:07:04PM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote: >On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 07:41:31PM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote: >> >> Well, probably more common is that prerequisites are in the same patchset, and >> the prerequisites are tagged for stable too. Whereas AUTOSEL often just picks >> patch X of N. Also, developers and maintainers who tag patches for stable are >> probably more likely to help with the stable process in general and make sure >> patches are backported correctly... >> >> Anyway, the point is, AUTOSEL needs to be fixed to stop inappropriately >> cherry-picking patch X of N so often. >> > >... and AUTOSEL strikes again, with the 6.1 and 6.2 kernels currently crashing >whenever a block device is removed, due to patches 1 and 3 of a 3-patch series >being AUTOSEL'ed (on the same day I started this discussion, no less): > >https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/CAOCAAm4reGhz400DSVrh0BetYD3Ljr2CZen7_3D4gXYYdB4SKQ@mail.gmail.com/T/#u > >Oh sorry, ignore this, it's just an anecdotal example.
Yes, clearly a problem with AUTOSEL and not with how sad the testing story is for stable releases.
-- Thanks, Sasha
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