Re: [PATCHv4 01/30] x86/mm: Fix warning on build with X86_MEM_ENCRYPT=y

Dave Hansen
2022-02-28T16:51:33Z

On 2/28/22 08:40, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
>> maintainer-tip.rst seems disagree with you:
>>
>> A Fixes tag should be added even for changes which do not need to be
>> backported to stable kernels, i.e. when addressing a recently introduced
>> issue which only affects tip or the current head of mainline.
>>
>> I will leave it as is.
> How does that disagree with me?
>
> The "Fixes" tag is for bug fixes. If it's not possible to trigger the
> warning and there's no user impact, it's not a bug.

Does having Fixes: *break* anything?

If not, I think I'd generally rather have the metadata with more
information as opposed to less information.