Re: [PATCH net] bonding: initialize err for empty target lists

[Andrew Lunn]

On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 11:30:24PM +0300, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 10:25:13PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > > By the way you haven't CCed the Fixes commit author (me).
> > 
> > Hi Nikolay
> > 
> > ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
> > Jay Vosburgh <jv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:BONDING DRIVER)
> > Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@xxxxxxx> (maintainer:NETWORKING DRIVERS)
> > "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:NETWORKING DRIVERS)
> > Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:NETWORKING DRIVERS)
> > Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:NETWORKING DRIVERS)
> > Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:NETWORKING DRIVERS)
> > netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (open list:BONDING DRIVER)
> > linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (open list)
> > 
> > You are not listed. Maybe you can submit a patch to MAINTAINERS?
> > 
> >     Andrew
> 
> I didn't mean it as a maintainer, it is customary and good practice
> to email the author of the commit that introduced the regression,
> that is all I was trying to say.

Interesting:

scripts/get_maintainer.pl --help
usage: scripts/get_maintainer.pl [options] patchfile
       scripts/get_maintainer.pl [options] -f file|directory
version: 0.26

MAINTAINER field selection options:
  --email => print email address(es) if any
...
    --fixes => for patches, add signatures of commits with 'Fixes: <commit>' (default: 1 (on))

So it should of done it, if it was run on the patch, rather than the
file.

I wounder what "b4 prep --auto-to-cc" does?

  Andrew