Re: [PATCH] scripts/decode_stacktrace.sh: fix build ID and PC source parsing

[Andrew Morton]

On Thu, 6 Nov 2025 00:59:55 +0000 Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > I view the Fixes: as a recommendation we make to -stable maintainers
> > saying "I think this should be backported to <here> and later".  As
> > such, giving them multiple backporting targets must make their little
> > heads spin.
> 
> So I've heard conflicting arguments about backporting patches to stable
> for these scripts. That's why I skipped the Cc: stable tag. IIRC, the
> argument is that one should always run the ToT scripts? <shrug>

Seems weird.  Later scripts may use features which aren't present in
older kernels.  Moreso with selftests, of course.

> You are right about the multiple Fixes: though. I should have only used:
> 
>   Fixes: 2bff77c665ed ("scripts/decode_stacktrace.sh: fix decoding of lines with an additional info")

Updated, thanks.