[PATCH v2 0/6] drm/gud: Use the shadow plane helper

[Konstantin Ryabitsev]

On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 02:34:41PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> >> Konstantin,
> >>
> >> Can you add a rule in b4 to exclude stable at vger.kernel.org
> >> (stable at kernel.org as well?) from getting the whole patchset?
> > 
> > stable at kernel.org is a pipe to /dev/null so that's not needed to be
> > messed with.
> > 
> > As for this needing special casing in b4, it's rare that you send out a
> > patch series and only want 1 or 2 of them in stable, right?
> >
> 
> Not really, it's very common for a patch-series to contain fixes (that could
> go to stable if applicable) and change that are not suitable for stable. The
> problem as Noralf mentioned is that the b4 tool doesn't seem to allow Cc'ing
> individual patches to different recipients, and everyone get the whole set.
> 
> So either b4 needs to have this support, exclude stable at vger.kernel.org when
> sending a set or stable at vger.kernel.org ignore patches without a Fixes: tag.

I think what I can do is a special logic for Cc: trailers:

- Any Cc: trailers we find in the cover letter receive the entire series
- Any Cc: trailers in individual patches only receive these individual patches

Thank you for being patient -- we'll get this right, I promise.

-K