Re: [PATCH 4.14 00/53] 4.14.331-rc2 review

[Pavel Machek]

On Tue 2023-11-28 21:10:03, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 09:48:42PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > > > > > > Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > >     RDMA/hfi1: Use FIELD_GET() to extract Link Width
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > This is a good cleanup, but not a bugfix.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > >     atm: iphase: Do PCI error checks on own line
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Just a cleanup, not sure why it was picked for stable.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Just an additional bit of information, there have been quite many cleanups 
> > > > > from me which have recently gotten the stable notification for some 
> > > > > mysterious reason. When I had tens of them in my inbox and for various 
> > > > > kernel versions, I immediately stopped caring to stop it from happening.
> > > > > 
> > > > > AFAIK, I've not marked those for stable inclusion so I've no idea what
> > > > > got them included.
> > > > 
> > > > Fixes tag can do it. Plus, "AUTOSEL" robot does it randomly, with no
> > > > human oversight :-(.
> > > 
> > > the autosel bot has lots of oversight.
> > 
> > Can you describe how that oversight works?
> 
> There have been many papers and presentations about it, no need for me
> to say it all here again...

Give a pointer.

And explain why AUTOSEL is full of cleanups, as noticed by Ilpo, me
and others. AFAICT Sasha does not hand-check patches picked by
AUTOSEL, simply spams the mailing lists, and hopes that maintainers
will react. And they won't, because they don't understand the
implications, and simply ignore the spam. Or they will, and Sasha
simply ignores the reply.

If the process is something else, give me a pointer to explanation.

Thanks,
								Pavel
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