Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 22/33] vhost scsi: add lun parser helper

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 30/11/20 14:57, Greg KH wrote:
> > Every patch should be "fixing a real issue"---even a new feature.  But the
> > larger the patch, the more the submitters and maintainers should be trusted
> > rather than a bot.  The line between feature and bugfix_sometimes_  is
> > blurry, I would say that in this case it's not, and it makes me question how
> > the bot decided that this patch would be acceptable for stable (which AFAIK
> > is not something that can be answered).
> I thought that earlier Sasha said that this patch was needed as a
> prerequisite patch for a later fix, right?  If not, sorry, I've lost the
> train of thought in this thread...

Yeah---sorry I am replying to 22/33 but referring to 23/33, which is the 
one that in my opinion should not be blindly accepted for stable kernels 
without the agreement of the submitter or maintainer.

Paolo