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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Zhangfei Gao <zhangfei.gao@foxmail.com>,
	Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>,
	Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe@linaro.org>,
	Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Link: tag and links to submission and reports (was: Re: [GIT pull] core/urgent for v5.18-rc6)
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2022 11:29:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YuuRcit5hgzW1Pga@zn.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3cf09576-66f2-b18c-0057-2635fc9452de@leemhuis.info>

On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 10:43:07AM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> Which leads to the question: can we (and do we want to) teach
> scripts/checkpatch.pl to point out when a Link: tag is missing and
> likely appropriate? If a "Reported-by:" is present there should be a
> "Link:" as well, unless the issue was reported privately, via IRC or
> something like that. A "Fixes:" tag is also a strong indicator that a
> link might be appropriate, but not as good.

All good ideas, sure.

At least pointing it out as a hint - not necessarily as a warning -
would be a good idea. And say, "hey, and while you're adding a Link
tag, pls make sure it points to the mail which has the most relevant
discussion on the matter your patch is fixing."

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette

  reply	other threads:[~2022-08-04  9:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-08 12:05 [GIT pull] core/urgent for v5.18-rc6 Thomas Gleixner
2022-05-08 12:05 ` [GIT pull] irq/urgent " Thomas Gleixner
2022-05-08 18:40   ` pr-tracker-bot
2022-05-08 12:05 ` [GIT pull] locking/urgent " Thomas Gleixner
2022-05-08 18:40   ` pr-tracker-bot
2022-05-08 12:05 ` [GIT pull] timers/urgent " Thomas Gleixner
2022-05-08 18:40   ` pr-tracker-bot
2022-05-08 12:07 ` [GIT pull] x86/urgent " Thomas Gleixner
2022-05-08 18:40   ` pr-tracker-bot
2022-05-08 18:00 ` [GIT pull] core/urgent " Linus Torvalds
2022-05-08 18:09   ` Linus Torvalds
2022-05-08 18:36     ` Linus Torvalds
2022-05-09 15:02       ` Jean-Philippe Brucker
2022-05-10 11:27   ` Link: tag and links to submission and reports (was: Re: [GIT pull] core/urgent for v5.18-rc6) Thorsten Leemhuis
2022-05-11  8:37     ` Borislav Petkov
2022-05-11 13:48       ` Michael Ellerman
2022-05-11 15:50       ` Theodore Ts'o
2022-05-11 15:55         ` Linus Torvalds
2022-05-11 19:35           ` Borislav Petkov
2022-05-12  8:43             ` Thorsten Leemhuis
2022-08-04  9:29               ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2022-05-11 22:37           ` Theodore Ts'o
2022-05-08 18:40 ` [GIT pull] core/urgent for v5.18-rc6 pr-tracker-bot

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