From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753821AbdJSQJL (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Oct 2017 12:09:11 -0400 Received: from mout.web.de ([217.72.192.78]:62971 "EHLO mout.web.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752474AbdJSQJI (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Oct 2017 12:09:08 -0400 Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re:_Circumstances_for_using_the_tag_=e2=80=9cFixes?= =?UTF-8?B?4oCdIChvciBub3Qp?= To: Mimi Zohar , Michael Ellerman , linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Cc: Julia Lawall , Dan Carpenter , Jarkko Sakkinen , Andy Shevchenko , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Corentin Labbe , Jason Gunthorpe , Jerry Snitselaar , Kenneth Goldman , Nayna Jain , Paul Mackerras , =?UTF-8?Q?Peter_H=c3=bcwe?= , Stefan Berger , LKML , kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org References: <1d3516a2-a8e6-9e95-d438-f115fac84c7f@users.sourceforge.net> <20171016183139.otyh3m5c5yurtmow@linux.intel.com> <20171016183512.3bz6x4b6lbhpbkje@linux.intel.com> <20171017085124.pkrjzghcf5wmcydc@mwanda> <20171017094434.csarc5fw5d32u64w@mwanda> <1508241146.4234.16.camel@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <87lgk9i1ni.fsf@concordia.ellerman.id.au> <1508418971.4510.134.camel@linux.vnet.ibm.com> From: SF Markus Elfring Message-ID: Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 18:08:33 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1508418971.4510.134.camel@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:5k0XfeM3kMWTHaeHbQ+f+Iqhu7OI9djj5K3kwhyKUAt3/L+gMom flBaC/bKkHTD8PBmwY4ODQbSOk/pifMMzhN3jy6UI6NVhK78TZOG1vMPZmKINe4uqj18oHU k1KoAuYPy2PzEFOnQ6tvGyxeTBkh1AVXIKr+m4fp/Gtk4nYbXOknnOrFjOFkd8ScEZ5sOyp aSM3Z4b8rcnZEySje/f8w== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:Z7v6I5l6deo=:/zL6jYXYG+4dZkK7v5fJUY VNag4vU4DM6+cMCGkD029QM76ngUNdI+4QAAAprGyDt/UXBG+UqKOSYH1zeAZd8PUqlg9Vng+ cJuNM0EKUAIf/img1/4dU65oPje04gwxzxPI4aTj/oOzgWqjVJ/NEwmWAnpL5/vcSxvxxLI6N hSnLFJZfn0BzjezY8SOhxQyyS/Tbp+NzTGWEplzyYgOCgpbgVhZCJE7b7xIKj8JqOidPZmc6e 9eMvntQZQOp2RxBCqm2gY20ToAlfNI2kHxw2O/QAZcurrGLg2nbbW/20mFQBpoMzcbwokGWKM 79nZCgG+mdtSk6/OKKa1yaSmLGpwUCk3OYpNm5bjQhhGjOL+Sy2/E0fZu/WiZWLs7mr/R2zX2 T7TcHgy+kwRO9hzHrT7Js/EbYif8ZAtmUdxJzQWpbscflAyeCfmewryH4GnYtglJm/zp/dZa2 vNi8S0kxpJ/eLQL1twzoNFRJrrLJVtWWrVb564IxUEh4ZjOCsUy4cPgbMcpuH0NvImtrN8/ZK Szggb3HHlSv9ncx3xmKtL6ndIp2Q1RjX2dS4uq5yXS5AjCYSz+bjjw8t6WZzjM/yUpeRoLQR+ ySLVaqaGpLCo0lfPRILo2OekBr0fXeIZsBp7UjqRc5DoUd/nTaP14zyaYUcfXc43YPpPSkC+H 4Ljvvv7JAHMl+Ob+4LiEW7xge39VPqldgGTMN5E7hykGGvS57B92gC1x1m5Y0pT5am9TJlWnZ WCaxTz0gdRmUha5pb3QIRx6KKlY7828XiWaypn5ohAEkcLK1QJ1KcD2V7A5WAcKzu5pBIi0gc 1G9WBiujfqNHSvB43h4u3WVrAOoGryyqlKHJrPiuPCcT3+AgU0= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >>> The "Fixes" tag is an indication that the patch should be backported. >> >> No it's not that strong. It's an indication that the patch fixes another >> commit, which may or may not mean it should be backported depending on >> the preferences of the backporter. If it *does* need backporting then >> the Fixes tag helps identify where it should go. > > Thank you for setting the record straight. > >> The doco is actually pretty well worded IMO: It seems that there are still interpretations left over for further clarification. Would any porters dare to distribute the deletion of questionable condition checks (and special error messages) to more software versions? >> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst#n183 >> >> If your patch fixes a bug in a specific commit, e.g. you found an issue using >> ``git bisect``, please use the 'Fixes:' tag with the first 12 characters of >> the SHA-1 ID, and the one line summary. Would you dare to categorise any software inefficiencies with a bug type? Regards, Markus