From: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
To: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
Frans Klaver <fransklaver@gmail.com>,
linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] mtd: maps: sa1100-flash: potential NULL dereference
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 03:54:04 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160717035404.GA14744@brian-ubuntu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160716090041.GC32247@mwanda>
On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 12:00:41PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> I like the Fixes tag because it was my invention. :) It's a separate
> thing from -stable.
Ha, nice. Well I have nothing against the tag, and nothing against this
patch. It's good to know that the Fixes tag is not (necessarily) a
request-for-stable tag.
> It's nice for reviewing so you can see the original intent of the patch
> you're fixing. Also it forces you to find the original authors and CC
> them so hopefully they Ack the patch. The other thing is it lets you
> collect data about which patches introduce bugs and how quickly they
> get fixed. So for example, lwn.net recently had an article about bug
> that are backported into the -stable tree.
All good things. I know personally it's helpful when tracking down bugs,
or backporting drivers or features.
Regards,
Brian
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From: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
To: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
Frans Klaver <fransklaver@gmail.com>,
linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] mtd: maps: sa1100-flash: potential NULL dereference
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 20:54:04 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160717035404.GA14744@brian-ubuntu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160716090041.GC32247@mwanda>
On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 12:00:41PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> I like the Fixes tag because it was my invention. :) It's a separate
> thing from -stable.
Ha, nice. Well I have nothing against the tag, and nothing against this
patch. It's good to know that the Fixes tag is not (necessarily) a
request-for-stable tag.
> It's nice for reviewing so you can see the original intent of the patch
> you're fixing. Also it forces you to find the original authors and CC
> them so hopefully they Ack the patch. The other thing is it lets you
> collect data about which patches introduce bugs and how quickly they
> get fixed. So for example, lwn.net recently had an article about bug
> that are backported into the -stable tree.
All good things. I know personally it's helpful when tracking down bugs,
or backporting drivers or features.
Regards,
Brian
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-07-17 3:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-07-15 11:06 [patch] mtd: maps: sa1100-flash: potential NULL dereference Dan Carpenter
2016-07-15 11:06 ` Dan Carpenter
2016-07-16 0:32 ` Brian Norris
2016-07-16 0:32 ` Brian Norris
2016-07-16 0:48 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2016-07-16 0:48 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2016-07-16 1:46 ` Brian Norris
2016-07-16 1:46 ` Brian Norris
2016-07-16 9:00 ` Dan Carpenter
2016-07-16 9:00 ` Dan Carpenter
2016-07-17 3:54 ` Brian Norris [this message]
2016-07-17 3:54 ` Brian Norris
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