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From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
To: Linux Documentation <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux Outreachy <outreachy@lists.linux.dev>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>,
	Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>,
	Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
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Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: submitting-patches: Disqualify style fixes from Fixes: tag
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 15:20:34 +0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230316082034.14191-1-bagasdotme@gmail.com> (raw)

An interpretation of submitting-patches.rst regarding Fixes: tag
interprets that the tag can be attributed to all kinds of issues
(including coding style ones). However, from the discussion on Outreachy
mailing list [1], Greg noted that the tag should not be meant for
patches that fix coding style issues.

Clarify the position on the doc.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/outreachy/ZBFPnZbvdI46Ah6r@kroah.com/ [1]
Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
index 69ce64e03c70f8..564418e42ffc01 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
@@ -568,6 +568,9 @@ process nor the requirement to Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org on all stable
 patch candidates. For more information, please read
 Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst.
 
+Note: Fixes: tag is appropriate only for real issues (e.g. reported bugs
+or compiler warnings). Coding style fixes should not bear this tag.
+
 .. _the_canonical_patch_format:
 
 The canonical patch format

base-commit: 6015b1aca1a233379625385feb01dd014aca60b5
-- 
An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara


             reply	other threads:[~2023-03-16  8:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-03-16  8:20 Bagas Sanjaya [this message]
2023-03-16  8:23 ` [PATCH] Documentation: submitting-patches: Disqualify style fixes from Fixes: tag Krzysztof Kozlowski
2023-03-16  8:26   ` Greg KH
2023-03-16 14:55     ` Theodore Ts'o
2023-03-16 15:01       ` Jonathan Corbet
2023-03-17  7:53   ` Bagas Sanjaya

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