From: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>,
Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Cc: "Jarkko Sakkinen" <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>,
"SF Markus Elfring" <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>,
linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
"Andy Shevchenko" <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
"Benjamin Herrenschmidt" <benh@kernel.crashing.org>,
"Corentin Labbe" <clabbe.montjoie@gmail.com>,
"Jason Gunthorpe" <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com>,
"Jerry Snitselaar" <jsnitsel@redhat.com>,
"Kenneth Goldman" <kgold@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
"Michael Ellerman" <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
"Nayna Jain" <nayna@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
"Paul Mackerras" <paulus@samba.org>,
"Peter Hüwe" <PeterHuewe@gmx.de>,
"Stefan Berger" <stefanb@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] char-TPM: Adjustments for ten function implementations
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 07:52:26 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1508241146.4234.16.camel@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1710171211210.5035@hadrien>
Hi Julia,
On Tue, 2017-10-17 at 12:11 +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
>
> On Tue, 17 Oct 2017, Dan Carpenter wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 10:56:42AM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 17 Oct 2017, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 09:35:12PM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > A minor complaint: all commits are missing "Fixes:" tag.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Fixes is only for bug fixes. These don't fix any bugs.
> > >
> > > 0-day seems to put Fixes for everything. Should they be removed when the
> > > old code is undesirable but doesn't actually cause a crash, eg out of date
> > > API.
> >
> > Yeah, I feel like Fixes tags don't belong for API updates and cleanups.
>
> OK, I will remove them from the patches that go through me where they
> don't seem appropriate.
The "Fixes" tag is an indication that the patch should be backported.
The requirements for what should be backported are pretty stringent.
Mimi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-10-17 11:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 88+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-16 17:30 [PATCH 0/4] char-TPM: Adjustments for ten function implementations SF Markus Elfring
2017-10-16 17:31 ` [PATCH 1/4] char/tpm: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in tpm_ascii_bios_measurements_show() SF Markus Elfring
2017-10-16 17:32 ` [PATCH 2/4] char/tpm: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in tpm_ibmvtpm_probe() SF Markus Elfring
2017-10-16 17:33 ` [PATCH 3/4] char/tpm: Improve a size determination in nine functions SF Markus Elfring
2017-10-17 11:03 ` Andy Shevchenko
2017-10-17 11:50 ` Alexander.Steffen
2017-10-17 12:52 ` Mimi Zohar
2017-10-17 12:58 ` Julia Lawall
2017-10-17 15:17 ` Mimi Zohar
2017-10-17 15:29 ` Julia Lawall
2017-10-18 9:16 ` Alexander.Steffen
2017-10-17 18:41 ` SF Markus Elfring
2017-10-17 19:28 ` Mimi Zohar
2017-10-17 20:04 ` SF Markus Elfring
2017-10-17 19:36 ` Andy Shevchenko
2017-10-17 20:24 ` SF Markus Elfring
2017-10-18 14:57 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-10-18 15:22 ` SF Markus Elfring
2017-10-18 15:59 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-10-18 16:43 ` SF Markus Elfring
2017-10-18 17:18 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-10-18 17:22 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-10-18 17:54 ` SF Markus Elfring
2017-10-18 17:48 ` SF Markus Elfring
2017-10-18 17:54 ` Jerry Snitselaar
2017-10-18 18:11 ` char/tpm: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in tpm_…() SF Markus Elfring
2017-10-18 18:03 ` char/tpm: Improve a size determination in nine functions Andy Shevchenko
2017-10-19 12:04 ` Michal Suchánek
2017-10-19 12:16 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-10-17 13:02 ` [PATCH 3/4] " Andy Shevchenko
2017-10-18 14:52 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-10-17 15:22 ` Alexander.Steffen
2017-10-18 14:48 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-10-19 16:58 ` Alexander.Steffen
2017-10-20 9:01 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-10-20 10:23 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-10-20 12:03 ` Alexander.Steffen
2017-10-23 13:20 ` Dan Carpenter
2017-10-18 14:40 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-10-16 17:34 ` [PATCH 4/4] char/tpm: Less checks in tpm_ibmvtpm_probe() after error detection SF Markus Elfring
2017-10-19 11:56 ` Michal Suchánek
2017-10-19 12:36 ` SF Markus Elfring
2017-10-19 12:46 ` Michal Suchánek
2017-10-19 14:26 ` Dan Carpenter
2017-10-19 13:36 ` Dan Carpenter
2017-10-19 14:16 ` Michal Suchánek
2017-10-19 14:59 ` Dan Carpenter
2017-10-19 20:44 ` SF Markus Elfring
2017-10-16 18:31 ` [PATCH 0/4] char-TPM: Adjustments for ten function implementations Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-10-16 18:35 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-10-16 20:44 ` SF Markus Elfring
2017-10-18 15:04 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-10-18 15:43 ` SF Markus Elfring
2017-10-16 22:46 ` [PATCH 0/4] " Joe Perches
2017-10-17 7:20 ` SF Markus Elfring
2017-10-17 8:51 ` Dan Carpenter
2017-10-17 8:56 ` Julia Lawall
2017-10-17 9:44 ` Dan Carpenter
2017-10-17 10:11 ` Julia Lawall
2017-10-17 11:52 ` Mimi Zohar [this message]
2017-10-18 3:18 ` Michael Ellerman
2017-10-19 13:16 ` Mimi Zohar
2017-10-19 16:08 ` Circumstances for using the tag “Fixes” (or not) SF Markus Elfring
2017-10-17 12:26 ` [PATCH 0/4] char-TPM: Adjustments for ten function implementations Michael Ellerman
2017-10-18 15:07 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-10-17 9:25 ` SF Markus Elfring
2017-10-17 15:57 ` James Bottomley
2017-10-17 16:32 ` SF Markus Elfring
2017-10-17 22:43 ` Joe Perches
2017-10-18 9:00 ` SF Markus Elfring
2017-10-18 9:18 ` Joe Perches
2017-10-18 9:50 ` Alexander.Steffen
2017-10-18 10:00 ` Julia Lawall
2017-10-18 10:28 ` Joe Perches
2017-10-18 11:00 ` Adjusting further size determinations? SF Markus Elfring
2017-10-18 11:49 ` Joe Perches
2017-10-18 12:07 ` SF Markus Elfring
2017-10-18 12:58 ` David Laight
2017-10-18 13:32 ` Julia Lawall
2017-10-18 13:50 ` SF Markus Elfring
2017-10-18 10:44 ` char-TPM: Adjustments for ten function implementations Alexander.Steffen
2017-10-18 10:49 ` Joe Perches
2017-10-18 11:07 ` Alexander.Steffen
2017-10-18 9:55 ` SF Markus Elfring
2017-10-18 18:27 ` Michal Suchánek
2017-10-18 15:10 ` [PATCH 0/4] " Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-10-18 16:09 ` James Bottomley
2017-10-18 17:13 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
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