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

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Wed Jan 08 2020 - 20:59:01 EST


On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 1:28 AM Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In commit
>
> d5d3594db9f0 ("pinctrl: armada-37xx: Remove unneeded semicolon")
>
> Fixes tag
>
> Fixes: commit 5715092a458c ("pinctrl: armada-37xx: Add gpio support")
>
> has these problem(s):
>
> - leading word 'commit' unexpected
>
> Also, each line listating a fixed commit should have a Fixes: prefix and
> all the commit message tags should be kept together at the end of the
> commit message.

Do we have to fix this? It is a trivial fix to a non-critial non-regression
problem so it's not like we need those Fixes tags to get it picked to
stable or anything. To me it's just some random free-form commit
message.

I have merged a bunch of pull requests on top so I need a real good
reason to back all that out. :/ it just doesn't seem worth it.

Yours,
Linus Walleij