RE: [PATCH v2] PCI: hv: Fix the definition of vector in hv_compose_msi_msg()

[Dexuan Cui]

> From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ...
> > e70af8d040d2 has a Fixes tag. Not sure why it's not automatically
> backported.
> 
> Because "Fixes:" is not the flag that we are sure to trigger off of.
> Please read:
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
> for how to do this properly.

Thanks, I just read this again to refresh my memory :-)
I remember Sasha has an AI algorithm to pick up patches into the stable
tree and a "Fixes" tag should be a strong indicator. 

I tired to manually cherry-pick e70af8d040d2 to 5.15.y and got some
merge conflicts. Probably that's why Sasha's script didn't automatically 
do the backport. @Carl, @Jeffrey, may I know if you have some cycles to
help backport e70af8d040d2?

> That being said, because some subsystem maintainers do NOT put cc:
> stable in their patches, we do sometimes sweep the tree and try to pick
> up things with only "Fixes:" but we don't always catch everything.
> 
> So if you want to be sure a patch is applied, please always add a cc:
> stable in the patch.
> 
> greg k-h

Hi Greg, since you're here, I'd like to ask a question:

If I add the cc: stable line in a patch and use git-send-email to post
the patch, git-send-email also posts the patch to the stable list -- is
this acceptable? Sometimes a patch may have to undergo multiple
revisions, meaning all the discussion emails go to the stable list
unnecessarily, and I guess this is not good?

It looks like there is no git-send-email option to exclude an email.

Thanks,
Dexuan