Re: Fixed tag magic: was: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] sys_info: add helper for callers that handle all_bt
From: Bradley Morgan <hidden>
Date: 2026-06-25 15:31:51
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From: Bradley Morgan <hidden>
Date: 2026-06-25 15:31:51
Also in:
lkml, stable
On June 25, 2026 4:30:15 PM GMT+01:00, Petr Mladek [off-list ref] wrote:
On Wed 2026-06-24 13:34:19, Andrew Morton wrote:quoted
On Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:34:58 +0000 Bradley Morgan [off-list ref]wrote:quoted
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Some callers handle SYS_INFO_ALL_BT themselves before callingsys_info().quoted
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Add a helper that strips that bit without turning an all_bt only maskintoquoted
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a kernel_sys_info fallback.I assume this patch wants a Fixes: and a cc:stable also. It would be nice to have the conventional [0/N] cover letter to tell readers what this is all about. The patches all have different Fixes: targets. This risks inviting the -stable maintainers to merge only some of the patches into some kernels, resulting in an untested combination and which might break things.I do not agree here. The Fixes tag should should point to a commit which introduced the regression into the given code. And finding some magic common point beause there is some magic undocumented process for maintaining stable kernels sounds like a way to hell to me. Best Regards, Petr
oh no. I added the generic tag to V4, no worries, it is the earliest possible fixes tag. But I really don't wanna be doing a V5 just to revert my fixes tags. Thanks!