Re: [PATCH net-next 0/6] net: ipa: GSI interrupt updates

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Fri Jan 15 2021 - 14:00:07 EST


On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 04:42:14 -0600 Alex Elder wrote:
> On 1/14/21 8:08 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > Dropped the fixes tags (since its not a series of fixes) and applied.
>
> Thanks for applying these.
>
> Do you only want "Fixes" tags on patches posted for the net
> branch (and not net-next)?
>
> I think I might have debated sending these as bug fixes but
> decided they weren't serious enough to warrant that. Anyway
> if I know it's important to *not* use that tag I can avoid
> including it.

The point of the tag is to facilitate backporting. If something is
important enough to back port is should also be important enough
to go to net, no?