Re: linux-next: Fixes tags need some work in the pm tree

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Tue Jan 15 2019 - 17:14:12 EST


On Tuesday, January 15, 2019 9:55:40 PM CET Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> [I am experimenting with checking the Fixes tags in commits in linux-next.
> Please let me know if you think I am being too strict.]
>
> Hi Rafael,
>
> Commits
>
> 62b33d57c534 ("drivers: thermal: int340x_thermal: Make PCI dependency explicit")
> cd793ab22a93 ("x86/intel/lpss: Make PCI dependency explicit")
> 42ac19e7b81e ("ACPI: EC: Look for ECDT EC after calling acpi_load_tables()")
> 6c29b81b5695 ("platform/x86: apple-gmux: Make PCI dependency explicit")
> 34783dc0182a ("platform/x86: intel_pmc: Make PCI dependency explicit")
> 704658d1d3ae ("platform/x86: intel_ips: make PCI dependency explicit")
> 5df37f3a1aa9 ("vga-switcheroo: make PCI dependency explicit")
> da1df6ee4296 ("ata: pata_acpi: Make PCI dependency explicit")
> ce97a22a596b ("ACPI / LPSS: Make PCI dependency explicit")
>
> Have malformed Fixes tags:
>
> There should be double quotes around the commit subject.

Well, where does this requirement come from?

It hasn't been there before AFAICS.