Re: linux-next: Fixes tag needs some work in the wireless-drivers-next tree

From: Stephen Rothwell
Date: Tue Apr 14 2020 - 21:06:58 EST


Hi Larry,

On Tue, 14 Apr 2020 19:36:28 -0500 Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 4/14/20 5:08 PM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> >
> > In commit
> >
> > ec4d3e3a0545 ("b43legacy: Fix case where channel status is corrupted")
> >
> > Fixes tag
> >
> > Fixes: 75388acd0cd8 ("add mac80211-based driver for legacy BCM43xx devices")
> >
> > has these problem(s):
> >
> > - Subject does not match target commit subject
> > Just use
> > git log -1 --format='Fixes: %h ("%s")'
>
> I do not understand what you want here. The subject describes what was fixed.
> The error has been in the driver since it was merged. The Fixes: line is a
> description of the commit that introduced the driver file with the error.

The subject I was referring to is the subject quoted in the Fixes tag,
not the subject of the fixing commit. So:

Fixes: 75388acd0cd8 ("[B43LEGACY]: add mac80211-based driver for legacy BCM43xx devices")

Its not very important, just a consistency thing - I wouldn't bother
rebasing just to fix this, just for the future ...
--
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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