vhost stable branch

Dragos Tatulea
Tue, 30 May 2023 10:19:18 -0000

On Tue, 2023-05-23 at 07:45 -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin
wrote:
> On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 08:38:47AM +0000, Dragos Tatulea wrote:
> > On Tue, 2023-05-23 at 04:18 -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 07:16:58AM +0000, Dragos Tatulea wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I am looking for the stable branch for vdpa fixes in the
vhost tree [1].
> > > > There
> > > > are 3 branches that seem identical: linux-next, test and
vhost. linux-
> > > > next
> > > > seems
> > > > to be -next branch. Which one would be the stable branch?
> > > >
> > > > [1]
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst/vhost.git
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Dragos
> > >
> > > I don't publish one until I am ready to send patches to
Linus.
> > > Which should be today or tomorrow.
> > >
> > Understood. Is it the same with patches for -next? Are they published
only
> > once
> > the patches are sent to Linus?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dragos
> >
>
> A bit different. I start worrying about next when I'm done with stable.
> Also my next branch rebases frequently, I also drop and squash patches,
> rewrite commit log etc.
>
Is the linux-next branch in the referenced tree [1] the next branch or is it
hosted somewhere else? I am asking because I haven't seen any rebases in the
last 4+ weeks in the referenced location. I want to make sure that I'm
looking
in the right location.

Thanks,
Dragos