On 01/12/20 00:59, Sasha Levin wrote:

It's quite easy to NAK a patch too, just reply saying "no" and it'll be
dropped (just like this patch was dropped right after your first reply)
so the burden on maintainers is minimal.

The maintainers are _already_ marking patches with "Cc: stable".  That 
(plus backports) is where the burden on maintainers should start and 
end.  I don't see the need to second guess them.

Paolo