Re: [PATCH] scripts: stable: add script to validate backports

2021-03-27 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 03:03:35PM -0600, Tom Saeger wrote: > On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 10:55:27AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 01:28:38PM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 12:05 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > The only

Re: [PATCH] scripts: stable: add script to validate backports

2021-03-26 Thread Tom Saeger
On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 10:55:27AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 01:28:38PM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 12:05 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman > > wrote: > > > > > > The only time git gets involved is when we do a -rc release or when we > > > do a

Re: [PATCH] scripts: stable: add script to validate backports

2021-03-25 Thread Sasha Levin
On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 11:52:26AM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote: On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 6:56 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 02:31:33PM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote: > A common recurring mistake made when backporting patches to stable is > forgetting to check for

Re: [PATCH] scripts: stable: add script to validate backports

2021-03-24 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 01:28:38PM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote: > On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 12:05 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman > wrote: > > > > The only time git gets involved is when we do a -rc release or when we > > do a "real" release, and then we use 'git quiltimport' on the whole > > stack. > > >

Re: [PATCH] scripts: stable: add script to validate backports

2021-03-23 Thread Nick Desaulniers
On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 12:05 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > The only time git gets involved is when we do a -rc release or when we > do a "real" release, and then we use 'git quiltimport' on the whole > stack. > > Here's a script that I use (much too slow, I know), for checking this > type of

Re: [PATCH] scripts: stable: add script to validate backports

2021-03-23 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 11:52:26AM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote: > On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 6:56 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman > wrote: > > > > On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 02:31:33PM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote: > > > A common recurring mistake made when backporting patches to stable is > > > forgetting to

Re: [PATCH] scripts: stable: add script to validate backports

2021-03-23 Thread Nick Desaulniers
On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 6:56 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 02:31:33PM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote: > > A common recurring mistake made when backporting patches to stable is > > forgetting to check for additional commits tagged with `Fixes:`. This > > script validates

Re: [PATCH] scripts: stable: add script to validate backports

2021-03-23 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 02:31:33PM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote: > A common recurring mistake made when backporting patches to stable is > forgetting to check for additional commits tagged with `Fixes:`. This > script validates that local commits have a `commit upstream.` > line in their commit

[PATCH] scripts: stable: add script to validate backports

2021-03-16 Thread Nick Desaulniers
A common recurring mistake made when backporting patches to stable is forgetting to check for additional commits tagged with `Fixes:`. This script validates that local commits have a `commit upstream.` line in their commit message, and whether any additional `Fixes:` shas exist in the `master`