Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 22/33] vhost scsi: add lun parser helper | From | Paolo Bonzini <> | Date | Mon, 30 Nov 2020 15:00:13 +0100 |
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On 30/11/20 14:57, Greg KH wrote: >> Every patch should be "fixing a real issue"---even a new feature. But the >> larger the patch, the more the submitters and maintainers should be trusted >> rather than a bot. The line between feature and bugfix_sometimes_ is >> blurry, I would say that in this case it's not, and it makes me question how >> the bot decided that this patch would be acceptable for stable (which AFAIK >> is not something that can be answered). > I thought that earlier Sasha said that this patch was needed as a > prerequisite patch for a later fix, right? If not, sorry, I've lost the > train of thought in this thread...
Yeah---sorry I am replying to 22/33 but referring to 23/33, which is the one that in my opinion should not be blindly accepted for stable kernels without the agreement of the submitter or maintainer.
Paolo
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