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[180.214.232.12]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id x52-20020a056a000bf400b005a8b4dcd21asm5031137pfu.15.2023.03.16.01.20.42 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 16 Mar 2023 01:20:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by debian.me (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F3F3A106628; Thu, 16 Mar 2023 15:20:39 +0700 (WIB) From: Bagas Sanjaya To: Linux Documentation , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linux Outreachy Cc: Jonathan Corbet , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Thorsten Leemhuis , Bagas Sanjaya , Greg KH , Lukas Bulwahn , Akira Yokosawa , Alison Schofield , Kloudifold , Sudip Mukherjee Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: submitting-patches: Disqualify style fixes from Fixes: tag Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 15:20:34 +0700 Message-Id: <20230316082034.14191-1-bagasdotme@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.40.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Developer-Signature: v=1; a=openpgp-sha256; l=1357; i=bagasdotme@gmail.com; h=from:subject; bh=9Ccoy6InasjXBSua2evwgPqlaLuGC0nVBJcOlvJaLvc=; b=owGbwMvMwCX2bWenZ2ig32LG02pJDClCF/3ur/SWuHvxPt+tjII3EvPUW84mHNfTmVj36Ez6z 8gndy6bd5SyMIhxMciKKbJMSuRrOr3LSORC+1pHmDmsTCBDGLg4BWAi6+MY/tnlzYs8/D5zYtPW fMOYyO7/KepNN7VclmV9iGZzb9+rxsTI0P5YVE+l6YrY5Enyd//Prcm5tX3HrxO5sf/0OLZYPNj rwwMA X-Developer-Key: i=bagasdotme@gmail.com; a=openpgp; fpr=701B806FDCA5D3A58FFB8F7D7C276C64A5E44A1D Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" 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 --- Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/p= rocess/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.o= rg on all stable patch candidates. For more information, please read Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst. =20 +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: =20 The canonical patch format base-commit: 6015b1aca1a233379625385feb01dd014aca60b5 --=20 An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara