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SubjectRe: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 22/33] vhost scsi: add lun parser helper
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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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