[PATCH][SRU][Bionic] scsi: libiscsi: Allow sd_shutdown on bad transport

[Kleber Souza]

On 01/23/18 16:33, Rafael David Tinoco wrote:
> Hi Kleber
> 
>> Hi Rafael,
>>
>> If the same patch can be applied cleanly for more than one series
>> there's no need to send a patch for each one of them. You can send a
>> single email just adding to the subject the prefixes for the series that
>> it applies to.
> 
> I was in doubt of that. I confess the public documentation:
> 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/StablePatchFormat
> 
> Is a bit outdated, and I looked for such information there.

It's indeed a bit outdated, we should spend some time in updating it to
our current procedures.

> 
>>
>> In this case it could be:
>>
>> [PATCH][SRU][Bionic][Artful][Xenial][Trusty] scsi: libiscsi: ...
> 
> Good to know. Will use in the future. For this case, please note that
> the Trusty patch wasn't clean cherry-pick, like others, but didn't
> differ in anything meaningful.

When it doesn't apply cleanly please mark it as (backported from ...),
even if it's only for small things such as context adjustment. The rule
is that 'cherry picked from ...' should be used only if the patch can be
applied with git am.

Also, to help making the review a bit easier for us, the patches can be
sent in a thread with a cover letter containing the SRU justification.
 
> 
>>
>> You can also use only the first letter of the series to have an
>> abbreviated form, e.g.:
>>
>> [PATCH][SRU][B/A/X/T] scsi: libiscsi: ...
> 
> Yep, will use it. Sorry for the overhead this time.
> 
>> Thanks,
>> Kleber
> 
> No, Tku!