Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] Fix broken PTP over IP on Ocelot switches

On Fri, 26 Nov 2021 19:38:07 +0000 Vladimir Oltean wrote:

On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 10:35:07AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:

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Alright, but please expect more push back going forward. Linus was
pretty clear on what constitutes -rc material in the past, and we're
sending quite a lot of code in each week..  

Thanks, and please don't hesitate to push back.

If for any reason you're not comfortable including these in the "net"
pull request, I'm okay with that, but at least allow me to keep the
"Fixes:" tags on the patches (because they do address incomplete
functionality), and consider applying them to net-next. Then maybe the
AUTOSEL people will notice and pick them up :)

Yeah, but then we'll get the opposite complaint of "why is this in -next
if it's a fix".

Anyway I've noticed that the linux-stable maintainers are much more
generous these days when it comes to backporting. For example, I shouted
a few months ago that a relatively large quantity of DSA refactoring
patches was brought into "stable" because of some other patch that
wouldn't apply 100% cleanly:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210316162236.vmvulf3wlmtowdvf@skbuf/ (local)
But in the meantime I got used to it and I'm a bit more relaxed about it now.

Indeed, I'll admit, it feels like the practice of stable is at odds with
the expectations of -rc releases.

If you're confident the changes are good, that's fine by me. It's still
relatively early -rc days.