Re: [PATCH 3/3] tracing: Do not create directories if lockdown is in affect

[Steven Rostedt]

On Fri, 10 Jan 2020 17:54:04 +0100
Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Relying only on the Fixes: tag to get things picked up by stable is a
> sure way to get it on the "slow, and maybe eventually, hopefully, it
> might make it into stable" path :)

I've been numbed by all the AUTOSEL patches, where I tend to think
Fixes is becoming enough. That said, this particular patch, I thought
was going in the same release as what it fixed, which is why I never
added stable to it. :-/

> 
> I have over 1000 patches right now in that "bucket" that need to be
> checked to see if they are relevant for stable backporting, just since
> 5.4 was released.  I have automated a lot of it, but still, they require
> manual review.
> 
> I'll go queue this up now, as it's simplest just to ask us to take it
> after it hits Linus's tree :)

Again, I thought the AUTOSEL would pick it up, as it seems to pick
other patches I don't intend on going to stable quickly ;-)

-- Steve