On 2021/9/14 15:06, Michal Hocko wrote: > On Tue 14-09-21 11:09:47, Miaohe Lin wrote: > [...] >> So even the Fixes tag should be removed ? > > I would keep that one there. Fixes tag is useful to frame the scope of > the fix. For example when somebody is backporting the commit mentioned > in the Fixes tag then a) a lot of follow up patches with Fixes can tell > you this won't be an easy ride and you might want to reconsider risks > vs. benefit b) it helps to collect follow up fixes more easily. > > That is a different story from cc: stable which just collects patches > and push them to all consumers of the stable branch if they apply. > > To conclude, the Fixes tag is a generaly useful tag to bind patches > together and let people evaluate how important that is while Cc stable > is an indication that a fix is serious enough to push to all stable > users. > I see. Many thanks for your detailed explanation! :)
