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[195.23.151.163]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ffacd0b85a97d-45055f2203csm13934265f8f.37.2026.05.06.10.08.46 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 06 May 2026 10:08:46 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Julian Braha Message-ID: <3ea75d69-26af-46f9-8d9f-3d6407d51835@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 18:08:45 +0100 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-US To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Julian Braha Subject: kconfirm: patch reporting guidelines? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Greg, *Question 1: should I acknowledge the kconfirm tool in my patches? I've received a wide range of feedback as I've been submitting patches from kconfirm findings. For example, Lorenzo thanked me for acknowledging the tool when submitting a patch: https://lore.kernel.org/all/bfdfdb05-77e2-455d-b68d-9da3fd9d1c0d@lucifer.local/ and on the other hand, Alexander asked me not to refer to the tool until it is moved into the tree: https://lore.kernel.org/all/3ec20142-09d1-436f-a623-21a2440ef7f0-agordeev@linux.ibm.com/ *Question 2: do bugs in kconfig deserve a Fixes tag? I've found a few instances of dead default statements, which should not be dead. Fortunately, these just involve the kunit tests. Nothing crazy. I previously sent out this patch for powerpc, which has passed 2 reviewers and 1 tester, and none of them have objected to the Fixes tag: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260405161545.161006-1-julianbraha@gmail.com/ and on the other hand, Alexander says that this is "no real issue" and doesn't deserve a Fixes tag: https://lore.kernel.org/all/3ec20142-09d1-436f-a623-21a2440ef7f0-agordeev@linux.ibm.com/ - Julian Braha