On 12/28/2018 8:15 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:

On Fri, Dec 28, 2018 at 8:09 PM James Morris [off-list ref] wrote:

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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.