Re: Big load on lkml created by -stable patchbombs was Re: [PATCH 5.19 0000/1157] 5.19.2-rc1 review

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Tue Aug 16 2022 - 18:10:59 EST


On Tue, 16 Aug 2022 13:56:14 +0200
Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm pretty used to -stable patches going to l-k, so I got used to
> current workflow. OTOH ... -stable _is_ quite significant fraction of
> total lkml traffic, and I see how people may hate that.

The thing I hate is that this slows down the other mailing lists. It
doesn't just affect LKML. It affects *all* lists. Even the ones that just
get a dozen emails a day. But the emails that do come, are important.

Perhaps another answer is to dedicate the LKML emails to their own servers,
and let the other mailing lists run separately such that the patch bombs to
LKML do not affect any of the other lists.

That would be an acceptable solution for me ;-)

-- Steve