Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Introduce check for format of Fixes line in commit log

From: Joe Perches
Date: Thu Oct 19 2017 - 01:57:27 EST


On Thu, 2017-10-19 at 05:52 +0000, Parav Pandit wrote:
> Hi Joe,

Hello Parav

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linux-rdma-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-rdma-
> > owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Parav Pandit
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 5:44 PM
> > To: joe@xxxxxxxxxxx; apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Parav Pandit
> > <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Brad Erickson <bradley@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: Introduce check for format of Fixes line in commit
> > log
> >
> > This patch introduces a format check for 'Fixes' line in commit log for 12
> > characters commit id and format for Fixes as ("...").

I think this doesn't handle case like:

Fixes: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58735