Re: [GIT PULL] virtio,vhost,vdpa: features, fixes, cleanups

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Sat Dec 24 2022 - 06:29:23 EST


On Fri, Dec 23, 2022 at 10:10:30PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 23, 2022 at 9:35 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > They were in next-20221220 though.
>
> So, perfect for the *next* merge window.
>
> Do you understand what the word "next" means? We don't call it
> "linux-this", do we?
>
> This is not a new rule. Things are supposed to be ready *before* the
> merge window (that's what makes it "next", get it?).
>
> I will also point you to to
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wj_HcgFZNyZHTLJ7qC2613zphKDtLh6ndciwopZRfH0aQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> where I'm being pretty damn clear about things.
>
> And before you start bleating about "I needed more heads up", never
> mind that this isn't even a new rule, and never mind what that "next"
> word means, let me just point to the 6.1-rc6 notice too:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wgUZwX8Sbb8Zvm7FxWVfX6CGuE7x+E16VKoqL7Ok9vv7g@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> and if the meaning of "next" has eluded you all these years, maybe it
> was high time you learnt. Hmm?
>
> Linus

Yea I really screwed up with this one. High time I learned that "no
fallout from testing" most likely does not mean "no bugs" but instead
"you forgot to push to next". Putting procedures in place now to
check automatically.


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