On Sun, 21 Dec 2025 10:22:44 +0100 "David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > My main concern was - > > A fixes tag means it might get auto backported to stable kernels too, > > Not in the MM world -- IIRC. I think there is the agreement, that we > decide what should go into stable and what not. > > Andrew can correct me if my memory is wrong. Yes, -stable maintainers have been asked to only backport patches where the MM developers asked for that, with cc:stable. There may be slipups, but as far as I know this is working. I don't actually know how they determine which patches need this special treatment. Pathname? Signed-off-by:akpm? > But we can always jump in and say that something should not go to stable > trees. Yes, please jump in if there are any thoughts about ordering/priority/timing. In fact, please jump in if there are any thoughts at all ;)
