Re: Full subsystem codebase scan for identifying pre-existing issues?

[Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>]

Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> writes:

> On Wed, 29 Jul 2026 21:43:26 -0400 Derek Barbosa <debarbos@redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> 
>> > Currently, they're flagged on patch reviews, which can be
>> > a bit frustrating for contributors who didn't introduce the problem,
>> > and adds a bit of noise for maintainers/reviewers looking at the
>> > Sashiko report.
>> 
>> Unfortunately, you aren't the first to report a problem with these.
>> 
>> Currently, in the 11th stage instruction in the code, pre-existing issues are
>> propagated in the report like so:
>> 
>> <snip>
>> 
>> CRITICAL RULE: If a finding is flagged as pre-existing (`\"preexisting\":
>> true`), you MUST explicitly state in your inline comment that this issue is
>> pre-existing and was not introduced by the patch under review. Use phrasing like
>> \"This isn't a bug introduced by this patch, but...\" or \"This is a
>> pre-existing issue, but...\" to start the comment.
>> 
>> </snip>
>> 
>> Instead of them replying inline with "This isn't a bug introduced by this patch,
>> but by..." or "This is a pre-existing issue, but does..." how would you like to
>> see this information presented/conveyed?
>> 
>> I created an issue here [2]
>>
>> [2] https://github.com/sashiko-dev/sashiko/issues/381
>
> "To a separate section" is OK.
>
> I wouldn't want to lose the pre-existing issue reporting.  I don't see
> that an author is obligated to address these things (although they
> often do).  But I like to see that the pre-existing things are brought
> to the official maintainer's attention.
>
>
> And yes, it's all very disorganized and error-prone.  How nice would it
> be for Maintainer to think "hm, I have a few hours to spare - what bug
> reports are there against my stuff".  Then click on a link.

As Chris mentioned in the thread, we're working on it: a dashboard
of corresponding issues available to all maintainers.

Thanks