Subject: Re: ieee80211.h virtual_map splat

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 08:02:48 -0700

On Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:56:35 +0300 Kalle Valo wrote:
> > Adding netdev to the initial message in the thread.
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAPh3n83zb1PwFBFijJKChBqY95zzpYh=2iPf8tmh=[email-masked]/
> >
> > There was some discussion in the thread, with the observation that the splat 
> > is fixed by:
> > 2ae5c9248e06 ("wifi: mac80211: Use flexible array in struct ieee80211_tim_ie")
> >
> > Followed by discussion if this should be backported.
> >
> > Kees said that "netdev [...] maintainers have asked that contributors not 
> > include "Cc: stable" tags, as they want to evaluate for themselves whether 
> > patches should go to stable or not"  
> 
> BTW this rule doesn't apply to wireless subsystem. For wireless patches
> it's ok to "Cc: stable" in patches or anyone can send a request to
> stable maintainers to pick a patch.

It's an old rule. Quoting documentation:

  Stable tree
  ~~~~~~~~~~~
  
  While it used to be the case that netdev submissions were not supposed
  to carry explicit ``CC: [email-masked]`` tags that is no longer
  the case today. Please follow the standard stable rules in
  :ref:`Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst <stable_kernel_rules>`,
  and make sure you include appropriate Fixes tags!
  
See: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/maintainer-netdev.html#stable-tree