On 12/28/2018 8:15 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Fri, Dec 28, 2018 at 8:09 PM James Morris <jmor...@namei.org> wrote: >> Yep, I understand what you mean. I can't find the discussion from several >> years ago, but developers asked to be able to work with more current >> kernels, and I recall you saying that if you want to do this, merge to a >> specific -rc tag at least. > If people really want it, maybe the merge can state that explicit > thing, as it is I'm trying to push back on empty merges that don't > explain why they even exist. > > Linus
The security tree tends to get changed from multiple directions, most of which aren't based out of the security sub-system. The mount rework from David is an excellent example. It gets hit just about any time there's a significant VFS or networking change. Keeping it current has helped find issues much earlier in the process.