linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][drm-next] drm/pl111: make structure pl111_display

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Date:   Fri, 19 May 2017 22:40:02 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>
Cc:     Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Tom Cooksey <tom.cooksey@....com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][drm-next] drm/pl111: make structure pl111_display_funcs
 static

On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 11:19:03AM -0700, Eric Anholt wrote:
> Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com> writes:
> 
> > On Fri, 19 May 2017, Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:
> >> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> >>
> >> structure pl111_display_funcs can be made static as it does not need to be
> >> in global scope.  Fixes sparse warning:
> >>
> >> "warning: symbol 'pl111_display_funcs' was not declared. Should it
> >> be static?"
> >>
> >> Fixes: bed41005e6174d ("drm/pl111: Initial drm/kms driver for pl111")
> >
> > The patch looks good and I appreciate what you're doing, but I question
> > the usefulness of adding Fixes: tags for trivial stuff like this. I'd
> > prefer Fixes: was reserved for actual fixes that should be backported to
> > any kernels that have the commit being fixed.
> 
> Agreed -- since Fixes implies going to stable, we don't want it on
> non-stable-candidates like this.  Reviewed these two and will push
> without the tag in a moment.

Fixes does NOT imply that it goes to stable.  Only a
Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> implies that.

Fixes is purely informational to show where the bug was introduced.
Just today I was using it to see if API changes introduce a bugs that
take months to fix.

regards,
dan carpenter