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

[Vlastimil Babka]

On 12/1/22 15:16, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> 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

I usually do that with git send-email and a custom --cc-cmd script, but 
additionally it sends the cover letter also to everyone that's on any 
individual patch's Cc, so everyone gets at least the cover letter + 
their specific patch(es).

But that extra logic could be optional.

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