On Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:28:23 -0400 Sasha Levin <[email protected]> wrote:
> The stable trees do not apply the 100 line limit or the exclusion of > theoretical issues, and they require a fix to be correct and tested > rather than obviously correct. Drop those rules. > > Assisted-by: LLM > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <[email protected]> Acked-by: SJ Park <[email protected]> [...] > @@ -24,9 +23,6 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones > are not, into the > regression they should only be submitted by a distribution kernel > maintainer and include an addendum linking to a bugzilla entry if it > exists and additional information on the user-visible impact. > - - No "This could be a problem..." type of things like a "theoretical race > - condition", unless an explanation of how the bug can be exploited is also > - provided. I initially thought requestion the explanation of how it can be exploited is still good. But, that's maybe what need to be requested when the commit is landed on the mainline. So this looks good to me. Thanks, SJ [...]
