On 2/10/2025 8:09 PM, Ping-Ke Shih wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1642337 ("Uninitialized scalar variable")
>>>
>>> Is that an official kernel tag? IMO the proper tag would be
>> So, it isn't "official" as far as I can tell, but it is widely used in
>> other commits, especially by Gustavo Silva.
>>
>> Also:
>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=778e2478d19574508861bcb
>> 1806d6e34d095587c
>>
>> Coverity-IDs: is another option I have found. I have seen Closes: a few
>> times as well. I'm not really sure what the best option is, honestly.
>
> In my patch, I used and treated Addresses-Coverity-ID as a unofficial tag,
> so additional empty line is added.
>
> Days ago I have received Coverity issues sent to mailing list, so I used
> Closes tag at that time. But recently I have not seen that kind of mails.
> Instead, I visit Coverity web site to check issues and use
> Addresses-Coverity-ID tag, since Coverity link is not visible to everyone.
> That is just my thought.
The problem I have is that I get Coverity fixes both from the linux and the
linux-next projects:
https://scan.coverity.com/projects/linux?tab=overview
https://scan.coverity.com/projects/linux-next-weekly-scan?tab=overview
The Coverity IDs from these projects are allocated independently, so a
Coverity ID does not uniquely identify an issue.
The URL uniquely identifies an issue, and also utilizes an official tag.
That is my thought.
/jeff
