Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm64: Fix set_id_regs selftest for ASIDBITS becoming unwritable

[Mark Brown]

On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 01:54:39PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > The selftests are shipped as part of the kernel source and frequently
> > used for testing the kernel, it's all one source base and we want to
> > ensure that for example the test fix gets backported if the relevant
> > kernel patch does.

> That's not what Fixes: describes. If you want to invent a new tag that
> expresses a dependency, do that. Don't use these tags to misrepresent
> what the patches does.

No, this isn't a new use - a Fixes: tag indicates that the referenced
commit introduced the problem being fixed and that is exactly what's
going on here.  Like I say the selftests are not a completely separate
project, they are a part of the same source release as the rest of the
kernel and it is helpful to track information like this.

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