On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 13:32:55 +0100 David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > As mentioned above, this isn't about fixing a bug; it's simply to ensure > > that swap-related metrics don't disappear. > > Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst: > > "A Fixes: tag indicates that the patch fixes an issue in a previous > commit. It is used to make it easy to determine where a bug originated, > which can help review a bug fix." > > If there is no BUG, I'm afraid you are abusing that tag. I think the abuse is reasonable. We have no Should-be-included-with:. 0ca0c24e3211 is only in 6.12-rcX so this is the time to make userspace-visible tweaks, so the 6.12 interfaces are the same as the 6.13+ interfaces (which is what I think is happening here?) And including the Fixes in this patch might be useful to someone who is backporting 0ca0c24e3211 into some earlier kernel for their own purposes.
